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
Eigenschaften und Adsorption von N,S,O-Heterocyclen auf Aktivkohle
Wolf-Ulrich Palm (Speaker), Jan Sebastian Mänz (Speaker) & Wolfgang Ruck (Speaker)
23.11.2009 → 24.11.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Eine Podiumsdiskussion zu Fracking
Oliver Olsson (Panel participant)
30.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Einsatz der „Fracking-Technologie“ zur Erdgasgewinnung
Oliver Olsson (Lecturer)
10.06.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Eintrag und Bewertung von spezifischen Organika (Arzneimittel/Antibiotika, Biozide) aus Krankenhäusern und anderen Quellen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
17.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Eintrag und Bewertung von spezifischen Organika (Arzneimittel/Antibiotika, Biozide) aus Krankenhäusern und anderen Quellen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
03.04.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Eintrag von Arzneimitteln in Kläranlagen und deren Umweltrelevanz in Gewässern.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.03.2006 → 31.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Einweg- und Mehrweg-Entsorgungssysteme für Patientenausscheidungen
Martin Scherrer (Reviewer), Armin König (Reviewer) & Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer)
2004Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
E-Journal of Chemistry (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Elimination of a realistic mixture of antibiotics in biological sewage treatment and effects of this mixture on resistant and non-resistant sewage sludge bacteria.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
22.08.2004 → 28.08.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Elution of monomers from two composite resins.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
02.11.2006 → 05.11.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Elution of monomers from two conventional dental composite materials.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
13.09.2006 → 16.09.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Environmental Fate and Behavior of Transformation Products of Pesticides used in Agricultural and Urban Areas
Birte Hensen (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental fate modelling of pesticide transformation products at catchment scale – progress and limitations
Matthias Gaßmann (Lecturer)
14.02.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Environmental fate of Methotrexate:photodegradation, biodegradability and mutagenicity assessment
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter), Anju Priya Toolaram (presenter), Ewelina Baginska (presenter), Carlos Lutterbeck (presenter), Kham Dieu Huynh (presenter) & Mandy Schneider (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Environmental fate of S-metolachlor in its pure form and as a part of commercial product - Mercantor Gold®: biodegradation and sorption onto sediment
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Ewelina Baginska (Speaker), Lukasz Gutowski (Speaker) & Annette Haiß (Speaker)
17.11.2013 → 21.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental impacts of droughts: key challenges.
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
23.02.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Sciences Europe (Journal)
Klaus Kümmerer (Editor)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
Erdgasgewinnung durch "Fracking": Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch„Hydraulic Fracturing“
Oliver Olsson (Oral presentation)
31.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
„Erkennen, Untersuchen, Modellieren – Vom Nutzen des Verstehens“
Klaus Kümmerer (Participant), Tushar Rastogi (Participant), Jakob Menz (Participant), Anju Priya Toolaram (Participant), Christoph Leder (Participant) & Richard Bolek (Participant)
10.09.2012 → 13.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch „Hydraulic Fracturing“
Oliver Olsson (Lecturer)
07.01.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch „Hydraulic Fracturing“ und möglicher Gefährdungspunkte
Oliver Olsson (Lecturer)
23.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Ethyl sulfate: previously to be totally stable against bacterial degradation – wrong!
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
02.06.2008 → 08.06.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
European Carbohydrate Symposium - EUROCARB 2007
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
02.09.2007 → 07.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
European Green Capital Seminar - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
07.06.2010 → 08.06.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Exkretion und Umweltauswirkungen von Arzneimittel nach Gebrauch und Entsorgung
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.10.2004 → 08.10.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Fachgespräch ,,Handlungsmöglichkeiten zur Minderung des Eintrags von Humanarzneimitteln und ihren Rückständen oder Metaboliten in das Roh- und Trinkwasser“ - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
21.01.2010 → 22.01.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Fracking": Fachgespräch in der Arbeitsgruppe „Fracking“ der Koalitionsfraktionen von CDU/CSU und FDP im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema „Hydraulic Fracturing“
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
14.12.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Fracking und Lagerstättenwasser": Diskussionsrunde zum Thema Fracking mit dem niedersächsischen Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit un Verkehr, Olaf Lies und der Landesgruppen Niedersachsen/Bremen in der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
26.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Lagerstättenwasser": Fachgespräch mit Umweltreferenten der Koalitionsfraktion SPD im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema „Lagerstättenwasser“
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
16.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fate of pharmaceuticals in the environment.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
22.05.2006 → 23.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Field release modelling of pesticides and their transformation products during a first significant rainfall in a semi-arid region
Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker) & Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
26.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Freisetzung von Gefahrstoffen in die Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
19.11.2007 → 23.11.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Für das Wissen entscheiden
Klaus Kümmerer (Panel participant)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
GAIA (Journal)
Klaus Kümmerer (Editorial Board)
2009 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editor of journals › Research
GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)
04.07.2011 → 09.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Gebäudeaußenhaut als Schadstoffquelle” Erkenntnisse aus dem BMBF-ReWaM Projekt MUTReWa
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
27.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Gemische von Arzneimitteln in der aquatischen Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
14.03.2005 → 15.03.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gemische von Arzneimitteln und Desinfektionsmitteln in der aquatischen Umwelt: „Biologische Abbaubarkeit und Wirkung auf Bakterien.“
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
28.09.2005 → 30.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Genotoxicity and ecotoxicity screening of photolytic mixtures from the selective β1-receptor blockers Atenolol and Metoprolol
Mandy Schneider (presenter)
11.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (External organisation)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Gesunder Umgang mit der Zeit: Eine andere Zeitkultur als Perspektive jenseits von bloßem Zeitmanagement.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
01.02.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Green Pharmacy Conference 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.10.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Grundwassergefährdung durch biozide Wirkstoffe und ihrer Transformationsprodukte im urbanen Niederschlagsabfluss?
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
05.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Grünes Design allein reicht nicht mehr
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
08.02.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Gutachten - Stand der Technik und fortschrittliche Ansätze in der Entsorgung des Flowback.: Abwasserentsorgung und Stoffstrombilanz im Rahmen der Fracking-Technologie für die Erdgasgewinnung
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
12.2011 → 07.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Health Executive Summit - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.05.2010 → 21.05.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Herkunft, Vorkommen, Verhalten und Verbleib von Arzneimitteln in der aquatischen Umwelt.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.03.2004 → 26.03.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
High resolution assessment and modelling of suspended sediment in an agricultural catchment
Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker), Jens Lange (Speaker) & Tobias Schütz (Speaker)
13.04.2008 → 18.04.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Households as important source of biocidal active substances in influents of sewage treatment plants
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research