Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources

Organisational unit: Section

Organisation profile

RESEARCH AND TEACHING

Chair for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources

We research and train in the field of sustainable chemistry and pharmacy.

We focus on environmental questions as well as on sustainable questions going beyond that such as social and ecological aspects in the context of the life cycle of chemical substances and products. This includes the extraction of raw material, its use as well as the fate after its use. We are also interested in the material flow associated with the extraction and use of the raw material. On top of the experimental work and modeling, we also develop concepts as for example Benign by Design intended dissipation.

Our research and teaching is carried out on an intra- and transdisciplinary scale within the Faculty of Sustainability together with national and international co-operations.

 

Topics

We are interested in environmental affairs and all questions concerning the sustainability within the context of the life cycle of chemicals, starting with the raw material itself and going on to the synthesis, the use to end up with the environmental fate of chemical substances and products after their use. Beyond the chemical substances and products themselves, we are also interested in the associated material flows, especially when it comes to the so-called strategic resources (e. g. phosphate, seldom metals).

We investigate the fate (e. g. identification of relevant sources) in the environment as well as the spread and the behavior of chemicals (e. g. spread, biological and photochemical degradation) in the aquatic environment in the sense of a sustainable water management. This is why we want to record their effects (e. g. genotoxicity, mutagenity, and bacteria toxicity).At present we are focusing on pesticides, pharmaceuticals, textile auxiliary agents and nanoparticles.

Service offers

Examination of (bio)-degradability of chemicals and pharmaceuticals  
according to OECD/DIN/ISO and others:
 
•    
Closed Bottle-Test (OECD 301 D)
•    Manometric Respirometry (OECD 301 F)
•    Zahn-Wellens-Test (OECD 302 B)
•    Waste water treatment plant simulation (OECD 303 A)
•    Water Sediment Test
•    Photochemical degradation
•    Photocatalytic degradation
•    Electro coalugation
•    and other
 
Toxicity
Acute and chronic toxicity in bacteria:
•    Luminescent bacteria test with Vibrio fischeri (30 minutes and 20h)
•    Growth-inhibition test with Pseudomonas putida (16h) and Vibrio fischeri (20h)
•    Growth-inhibition test with Enteroccus faecalis      

Genotoxicity:
•    Ames-Test with Salmonella typhimurium TA 98/TA 100
•    Umu-Test with Salmonella typhimurium TA 1535/ psK 1002
•    Mikronucleus-Test with CHO-Cells by FACS-Analysis
•    Green Screen-Assay with TK6-cells

Chemical informatics
Structure property relationships
•    Calculation of physicochemical properties of molecules
•    Calculation of quantum chemical parameters of molecules
•    Calculation of toxicity and mutagenicity
•    Calculation of the biological degradation
•    Calculation of metabolites (mammalia bacteria)
•    Targeted design of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
•    Support in purchasing decisions
•    Product optimization
•    REACH
 
Water flux based reactive mass transport modelling and assessment
•    Spatio-temporal analysis of discharge and water quality (R-Statistics, SigmaPlot, ArcGIS)
•    Assessment of water quality by combined water quality and quantity indices (WQI, WQQI, WAI)
•    Water quality modelling in lakes and reservoirs in 1D, 2D and 3D (LAC, MOHID Water, Ce-qual)
•    Catchment modelling of hydrology, erosion and sedimenttransport, phosphorus discharge, pesticides and transformation product discharge (ZIN-Sed, MOHID Land, reservoir models)
•    River channel modelling of water, sediment, phosphorus, pesticide and transformation product discharge (ZIN-Sed, MOHID Stream)
•    Scenario modelling and assessment
•    System analysis and management assessment
•    Integrated water ressources management
   
Analytics
•    Liquid chromatography coupled to ion trap mass spectrometry
•    HPLC with UV and fluorescence detection
•    Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry
•    Ion chromatography

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  1. External workshops, courses, seminars
  2. KBC Days 2018

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    06.11.201807.11.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  3. Metalle - Voraussetzung der digitalen Transformation - 2019

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    08.11.201910.11.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  4. Nachhaltige Chemie & Umweltforschung

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    05.12.201706.12.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  5. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry 2015

    Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)

    14.09.201517.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  6. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the case of Electronic Goods 2017

    Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)

    25.09.201729.09.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  7. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the example of textiles 2016

    Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)

    12.09.201616.09.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  8. Summer SChool on Sustainable Chemistry and the Myths of Renewables

    Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)

    16.09.201920.09.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  9. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and Water (Online) 2020

    Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)

    21.09.202025.09.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  10. Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry in Construction Materials and Habitation 2018

    Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)

    24.09.201828.09.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsTransfer

  11. Conferences
  12. 10. Tagung des Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, German Language Branch e.V. - SETAC 2005

    Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)

    28.09.200530.09.2005

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  13. 11th Annual Colloquium of the International Association of Hydro-Environment Research and Engineering-Baden-Württemberg - 2010

    Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)

    25.11.201026.11.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  14. 12th North German Biophysics Meeting - 2019

    Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor), Carolin Floeter (Coauthor), Jörg Andrä (presenter), Jens Heseding (Coauthor), Gesine Cornelissen (Coauthor), Jörn Einfeldt (Coauthor) & Kim-Kristin Oelkers (Coauthor)

    18.01.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  15. 14th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS 2013

    Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)

    25.06.201328.06.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  16. 15th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS ICCE 2015

    Stefanie Wieck (presenter)

    20.09.201524.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  17. 15th International Symposium on Toxicity Assessment - ISTA 2011

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    03.07.201108.07.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  18. 1st Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference - GSCC 2016

    Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)

    03.04.201606.04.2016

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  19. 22nd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting - SETAC 2012

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    22.05.201224.05.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  20. 25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015

    Nareman Dahshan Henedaq Khaleel (Participant)

    03.05.201507.05.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  21. 27. Hamburger Kolloquium zur Abwasserwirtschaft

    Oliver Olsson (presenter)

    30.09.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  22. 2nd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2017

    Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)

    14.05.201717.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  23. 2nd Green and Sustainable Conference

    Elisa Grabitz (Participant) & Daniel Pleißner (Speaker)

    14.05.201717.05.2017

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  24. 2nd International Conference of Recycling and Reuse - R&R 2014

    Manuel Herrmann (presenter)

    04.06.201406.06.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  25. 2nd International Converence on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2010

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    22.02.201023.02.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  26. 2nd International Symposium on Wastewater-Recycling 2009

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    04.11.200906.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  27. 32. Allergiesymposium der Norddeutschen Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Pneumologie und Allergologie e.V. - Nappa 2014

    Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)

    22.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  28. 34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America- SETAC 2013

    Klaus Kümmerer (Participant)

    17.11.201321.11.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  29. 35th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America

    Manuel Herrmann (presenter)

    09.11.201413.11.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  30. 3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress - 2010

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    29.08.201001.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  31. 3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2018

    Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)

    13.05.201816.05.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  32. 3rd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2012

    Evgenia Logunova (presenter)

    19.11.201220.11.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  33. 3rd International Symposium ''Genotoxicity in aquatic systems: Causes, effects and future needs'' - 2010

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    22.09.201024.09.2010

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  34. 3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development - ISSD 2012

    Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote speaker)

    31.05.201201.06.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  35. 4. Deutsch-Brasilianisches Symposium “Nachhaltige Entwicklung” 2009

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    05.10.200910.10.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  36. 4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019

    Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)

    05.05.201908.05.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  37. 4th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT - GREENCHEM 2014

    Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote speaker)

    25.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  38. 50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology - EUROTOX 2014

    Carlos Lutterbeck (presenter)

    07.09.201410.09.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  39. 51. Essener Tagung für Wasserwirtschaft 2018

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    14.03.201816.03.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  40. 5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2020

    Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)

    10.11.202011.11.2020

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  41. 6th International Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air - 2013

    Klaus Kümmerer (Participant)

    02.09.201304.09.2013

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  42. 6th Langenauer Wasserforum 2009

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    09.11.200910.11.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  43. 8. Krankenhaus-Umwelttag NRW 2012

    Oliver Olsson (Speaker)

    25.09.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  44. 99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America - ESA 2014

    Richard Bolek (Coauthor)

    13.08.2014

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  45. 9. Tagung "Grenzenlose Verfügbarkeit strategischer Metalle?" - 2011

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    31.01.201101.02.2011

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  46. ACHEMA 2009

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    11.05.200915.05.2009

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  47. ANAKON 2015

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (presenter)

    23.03.201526.03.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  48. Annual Meeting of the European Society for Paediatric Infectious Diseases - 2007

    Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)

    02.05.200704.05.2007

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  49. Bad Honnef Symposium der Paul-Ehrlich-Gesellschaft 2008

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    17.03.200818.03.2008

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  50. Chemical Innovation Exchange - CIEX 2019

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    09.10.201910.10.2019

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesTransfer

  51. CleanMed Europe - 2006

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    29.05.200631.05.2006

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch

  52. Control transfers and remediation across the Upper Rhine. Scientific and technical conference in the framework of the Science Week Upper Rhine 2012

    Lukasz Gutowski (presenter)

    09.10.2012

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventConferencesResearch