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
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Journal)
Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Iberoamerican Conference on advance oxidation technologies - IV CIPOA 2019
Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor)
18.11.2019 → 22.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Identification and Assessment of Photo Transformation Products of the UV Filters Octocrylene and Ethylhexyl methoxycinnamate Present in Grey Water Intended for Water Reuse
Franziska Jentzsch (Speaker), Christoph Leder (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker), Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Franziska Jentzsch (presenter)
20.09.2015 → 24.09.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Identification and Determination of Selected Pharmaceuticals and Their Dead End Degradation Products in Degradation Testing
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Oral presentation)
06.10.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Identification of photo-transformation products of ciprofloxacin and evaluation of their genotoxicity using in silco methods and in vitro assay
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter), Tarek Haddad (Coauthor), Anju Priya Toolaram (Coauthor) & Christoph Leder (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Indian Chemical Council Webinar "FROM GREEN CHEMISTRY TO CHEMISTRY IN A CIRCULAR ECONOMY TO SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY"
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
18.01.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Initial microbial ecotoxicitiy assessment of thioridazine, thioridazine 5-sulfoxide and photolytic mixtures of thioridazine
Jakob Menz (presenter)
11.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Conference: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment - 2007
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
19.09.2007 → 21.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop in Recent Achievements on the Study of Extreme Events - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.09.2010 → 29.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop on Water and Health - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
08.12.2009 → 09.12.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interstate Water Resources Risk Management for Central Asia - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.02.2009 → 25.02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
IUPAC Postgraduate School on Green Chemistry
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
07.07.2018 → 14.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Gendiagnostik e.V. - AGD 2007
Mandy Schneider (Speaker)
19.10.2007 → 20.10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gen-Diagnostik e.V. - 2009
Mandy Schneider (Speaker)
09.10.2009 → 10.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der GDCh-Fachgruppe “Nachhaltige Chemie” 2016
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
19.09.2016 → 21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jenseits der Beschleunigung - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
30.04.2009 → 02.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Journal of AOAC International (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Chromatographic Science (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Hydrology (Journal)
Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Hydrology (Journal)
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
2010 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Kann moderne Umweltforschung zeitlos sein?
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.12.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
KBC Days 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Kliniken als Quellen für Einträge von Arzneimitteln in die aquatische Umwelt. Arzneistoffe und Trinkwasser: Kenntnisstand – Bewertung – Handlungsfelder.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
11.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Kolloquium - Zentrum für Wasserforschung und Institut für Hydrologie - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
18.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konferenz Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Frage der richtigen Chemie?
Klaus Kümmerer (Participant)
12.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kongress Arzneimittel: Spurenschadstoffe im Wasserkreislauf und Boden - 2006
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
17.05.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
LC-MS identification of the photo-transformation products of desipramine with studying the effect of different environmental variables on the kinetics of their formation
Nareman Dahshan Henedaq Khaleel (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 26.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Leuchtbakterientest BAC im Gemisch mit strukturell verschiedenen, im Abwasser vorkommenden, anionischen Substanzen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.05.2006 → 24.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Life cycle engineering (LCE) of pharmaceuticals: systematic optimization for use as well as the environment.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
22.05.2006 → 23.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Limitations of regulatory risk assessments of chemicals
Stefanie Wieck (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Logik der Zeit – der zeitliche Nährwert: Zeitökologische Strukturen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.09.2005 → 29.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Management of hospital effluents.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
03.11.2004 → 05.12.2004Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Metabolites and transformation products of pharmaceuticals in the environment.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
19.02.2008 → 20.02.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Metalle - Voraussetzung der digitalen Transformation - 2019
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
08.11.2019 → 10.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Mixtures of chemicals in the environment: significance for biodegradability and effects against bacteria.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
12.09.2005 → 15.09.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Modelling system MEXFLUSH: Modelling EXtreme floods and related pesticide FLUSHes.
Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker)
28.09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Modelling the fate and export of pesticides and their transformation products at catchment scale.: Vortrag auf Einladung des Projekts "EMPOWER Tunisia"
Matthias Gaßmann (Lecturer)
09.12.2012 → 14.12.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Monomers release from composite materials after halogen and LED curing.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
10.09.2008 → 12.09.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Nachhaltige Arzneimittel
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
16.06.2009Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Nachhaltige Chemie & Umweltforschung
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
05.12.2017 → 06.12.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Nachhaltige Chemie: Benign by Design: Life Cycle Engineering von Arzneimitteln und Chemikalien.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
04.10.2006 → 06.10.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Nachhaltige Chemie: Praxisbeispiele, konkrete Umsetzungen und Herausforderungen in der Wertschöpfungskette.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
30.01.2006 → 31.01.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Näher an der Realität: Wirkung und Elimination von Stoffkombinationen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
07.04.2005Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker), Francieli Martins Mayer (Speaker), Waleed Mohamed Mamdouh Mahmoud Ahmed (Speaker), Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Ayrton Figueiredo Martins (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes
Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)
18.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Personal care products as source for micropollutants in Greywater-Identification, quantification and on-site treatment
Oliver Olsson (Speaker), Yael Dubwoski (Speaker), Eran Friedler (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.10.2013 → 07.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Peter G. Mahaffy
Klaus Kümmerer (Host) & Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Host)
02.10.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor