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
Zeitskalen der Natur und der Politik: Zeiten in der Umweltpolitik.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
26.03.2004 → 28.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zeit in der Umweltforschung: philosophischer Ballast oder dringende Notwendigkeit?
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
20.11.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Zeiten in der Umweltforschung und ihre Bedeutung für die nachhaltige Entwicklung.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
XVI World Water Congress 2017
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Xerochore Final Conference on Supporting Drought Policies in Europe - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.02.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XENOWAC II - 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
World Resources Forum - WRF 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.09.2011 → 21.09.2100Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Congress on Biosensors
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
10.05.2006 → 12.05.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop Medzin I
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
16.02.2008 → 17.02.2100Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Wirkungen von Antibiotika auf Abwasserbakterien.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
16.06.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wie kommen wir zu noch saubereren Wasser?
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
22.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Weltwasserwoche 2021
Klaus Kümmerer (Interview partner)
31.08.2021 → 05.09.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Webinar Pharmaceuticals in the environment - A new strategic approach is needed
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
17.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Wastewater management: pharmaceuticals in the water cycle.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
08.11.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Wasser und nachhaltige Chemie: Welchen Beitrag sollte die industrielle Chemie künftig für den Schutz der Wasserressourcen leisten?
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
08.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Vortrag in der UFSM (Universidade Federal de Santa Maria)
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
30.09.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Vorausschauend Kriterien Nachhaltiger Chemie integrieren: Von Anfang an – Stoffdesign.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
30.01.2006 → 31.01.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Verteilungsverhalten von current-use Herbiziden zwischen Pflanzenoberflächen und wässriger Phase
Isabell Zunker (Speaker), A. Fleischer (Coauthor), Wolf-Ulrich Palm (Coauthor) & Wolfgang Ruck (Coauthor)
12.09.2007 → 14.09.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Verhalten von Antibiotika in Testsystemen und Kläranlagen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.09.2004 → 30.09.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Verbleib persistenter Arznei- und Desinfektionsmittel bei der Niedertemperaturkonvertierung von Klärschlamm.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
02.05.2005 → 04.05.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Urbane Regenwasserversickerung als Eintragspfad für biozide Wirkstoffe in das Grundwasser. Fachreferent in Zusammenarbeit mit Prof. Jens Lange und Vertretern des BMBF-MUTReWa Projektes im Rahmen des UBA Fachgesprächs: "Wissensgrundlage über die Belastung der Umwelt mit Bioziden schaffen – Möglichkeiten zur Umsetzung von Empfehlungen des Umweltbundesamtes."
Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
16.11.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Untersuchung zum Austrag und Verbleib von Metazachlor und seiner Transformationsprodukte Metazachlor Oxalsäure und Sulfonsäure in einem landwirtschaftlich genutzten Kleineinzugsgebiet
Dieter Vollert (Speaker), Jens Lange (Coauthor), Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
22.03.2018 → 23.03.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Untersuchungen zum Umweltverhalten und Verbleib von Pflanzenschutzmitteln und ihrer Transformationsprodukte in landwirtschaftlich genutzten Einzugsgebieten
Oliver Olsson (Oral presentation)
14.09.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie
Oliver Olsson (Oral presentation)
14.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Umweltmanagement für Krankenhäuser - Leitfaden zur Anwendung der EG-Öko-Audit-Verordnung.
F. D. Daschner (Reviewer), M. Dettenkofer (Reviewer), Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer), Martin Mühlich (Reviewer), W Muller (Reviewer), Martin Scherrer (Reviewer) & A. Schuster (Reviewer)
1996Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Umgang mit Pestiziden und deren Transformationsprodukten bei der Regenwasserbewirtschaftung
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten
Oliver Olsson (Lecturer)
08.12.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Transformation Products (TPs) of Sulfonamides (SUA) in Aquatic Systems - What can we learn from available environmental fate and behaviour data?
Neele Puhlmann (Speaker)
09.09.2022Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Towards the Design of Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) mineralizing readily in the Environment
Neele Puhlmann (Speaker)
01.09.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Towards the Design of Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) mineralizing readily in the Environment
Neele Puhlmann (Speaker)
18.11.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Time scales in nature, politics and society.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
20.04.2005 → 22.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Time and Organizational Development
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
12.05.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The XEROCHORE Conference on Drought Science and Policies - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
23.02.2010 → 24.02.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The systematic approach: Residue management according to ISO 14 001 and EMAS-Scheme of the European Union.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.11.2002 → 08.11.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The presence of therapeutic drugs in the environment.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The environmental impact of pharmaceuticals: from the problem to the solution – green pharmacy.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
19.02.2008 → 20.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The effects of drugs on the environment-ecopharmacology.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.06.2003 → 28.06.2003Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
The ecological consequences of Chernobyl
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
05.09.2011 → 07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The concept of a sustainable use of biocidal active substances – applied to rodenticides
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
14.05.2017 → 17.05.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Matthias Gaßmann (Visiting researcher)
02.2010 → 04.2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing "Strategische Metalle für die Energiewende" - 2013
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
25.02.2013 → 26.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tag der Umwelt - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
05.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tag der Hydrologie - TdH 2012
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.03.2012 → 23.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Systemwissenschaftliches Kolloquium am Institut der Umweltsystemforschung der Uni Osnabrück - 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Symposium “Arzneimittel im Wasser - Ziele und Rahmenbedingungen“ der Emschergenossenschaft - 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
25.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Sustainable Development und Zeit
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
1993 → …Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Sustainable Chemistry as a future guiding principle
Klaus Kümmerer (Oral presentation)
18.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry in Construction Materials and Habitation 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
24.09.2018 → 28.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and Water (Online) 2020
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
21.09.2020 → 25.09.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer