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
- 2023
Peter G. Mahaffy
Klaus Kümmerer (Host) & Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Host)
02.10.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
- 2022
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
- 2021
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
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
Weltwasserwoche 2021
Klaus Kümmerer (Interview partner)
31.08.2021 → 05.09.2021Activity: Other expert activities › Other
Sustainable Chemistry as a future guiding principle
Klaus Kümmerer (Oral presentation)
18.03.2021Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
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
- 2020
5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2020
Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)
10.11.2020 → 11.11.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Für das Wissen entscheiden
Klaus Kümmerer (Panel participant)
2020Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
- 2019
Chemistry within a Circular Economy
Klaus Kümmerer (Oral presentation)
19.11.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
11th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference - Micropol 2019
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
20.10.2019 → 24.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Chemical Innovation Exchange - CIEX 2019
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
09.10.2019 → 10.10.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Summer SChool on Sustainable Chemistry and the Myths of Renewables
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
16.09.2019 → 20.09.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes
Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)
18.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
C- and Si-analogous compounds – comparison of their behaviour in a test for ready biodegradability
Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)
07.05.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019
Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)
05.05.2019 → 08.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
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
Umgang mit Pestiziden und deren Transformationsprodukten bei der Regenwasserbewirtschaftung
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
21.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Bestimmung von Diuron, Terbutryn, OIT sowie deren Transformationsprodukte in urbanen Oberflächengewässern und Grundwasser
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
18.03.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
“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
27. Onkologisch-Pharmazeutischer Fachkongress NZW
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
25.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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)
18.01.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2018
DAAD Workshop Tunesien
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.11.2018 → 29.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
7th Asia Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry - AOC7-GSC 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
19.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › 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
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
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
XENOWAC II - 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
10.10.2018 → 12.10.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
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
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
14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (RRB-14)
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
31.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting
Stefanie Wieck (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Coauthor) & Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor)
14.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Chair)
13.05.2018 → 16.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Photolytic and biological degradation of silicon organic compounds
Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)
13.05.2018 → 17.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Photolytic degradation of organosilicon compounds: comparison of the effect of different co-solvents
Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)
13.05.2018 → 16.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Benign-by-Design - Konzept der grünen und nachhaltigen Pharmazie zum Schutz von Wasserressourcen
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
23.04.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
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
51. Essener Tagung für Wasserwirtschaft 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
14.03.2018 → 16.03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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
- 2017
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
Benign by Design: Targeted Design of Organic Molecules for the Environment and Opportunities for Organic Synthesis
Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)
27.11.2017Activity: 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
SQU - Chemistry Conference 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
13.11.2017 → 15.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Green Pharmacy Conference 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.10.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the case of Electronic Goods 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
25.09.2017 → 29.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
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
International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research