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
- 2014
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
Qualitative Environmental Risk Assessment of Photolytic Transformation Products (TPs) of Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media (ICM): Diatrizoic acid
Tushar Rastogi (presenter)
11.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: 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
Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch „Hydraulic Fracturing“ und möglicher Gefährdungspunkte
Oliver Olsson (Lecturer)
23.01.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Journal)
Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2013
34th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North America- SETAC 2013
Klaus Kümmerer (Participant)
17.11.2013 → 21.11.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
SETAC North America 34th Annual Meeting
Lukasz Gutowski (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Coauthor), Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor) & Lukasz Gutowski (presenter)
17.11.2013 → 21.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
SETAC North America 34th Annual Meeting
Ewelina Baginska (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Coauthor) & Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor)
17.11.2013 → 21.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
PhytoRet Teningen Meeting
Lukasz Gutowski (presenter)
11.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Relevance of selected health institutions on the impact of pharmaceuticals to the environment
Manuel Herrmann (Speaker)
24.09.2013 → 25.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Research
Abwässer aus „Hydraulic Fracturing“ und derzeitige Entsorgung: Informationsveranstaltung - Gastvortrag und Beratung: Gefahren des Frackings und der Verpressung von Lagerstättenwasser
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
16.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
6th International Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air - 2013
Klaus Kümmerer (Participant)
02.09.2013 → 04.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air
Uta Ulrich (Speaker) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
02.09.2013 → 04.09.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie
Oliver Olsson (Oral presentation)
14.08.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Erdgasgewinnung durch "Fracking": Erschließung unkonventioneller Lagerstätten durch„Hydraulic Fracturing“
Oliver Olsson (Oral presentation)
31.07.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
Post Conference Worskhop Pharmaceutical residues - 2013
Jana Weiss (Speaker), Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Richard Bolek (Speaker), Veronique Boireau (Speaker), Benoit Roig (Speaker) & Marja Lamoree (Speaker)
05.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
14th International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment - EuCheMS 2013
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
25.06.2013 → 28.06.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Photocatalytic degradation of Diclofenac observed transformation products and assessment of their toxicological impact
Christoph Leder (Speaker), Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Christine Schmoock (Speaker), Hilmar Börnick (Speaker) & Olaf Gravenhorst (Speaker)
16.06.2013 → 20.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
A screening biodegradation Water Sediment Test
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter), Ewelina Baginska (Coauthor) & Annette Haiß (Coauthor)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Biodegradability of cytostatic drugs: Cyclophosphamide, 5-Fluorouracil and Methotrexate and their photo-transformation resulting from treatment with UV and simulated sunlight radiation products in Closed Bottle Test
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter), Ewelina Baginska (presenter) & Carlos Lutterbeck (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › 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
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
Removal of Methotrexate, 5-Fluorouracil and Cyclophosphamide from water by UV, UV/H2O2 and UV/Fe2+/H2O2 processe
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter), Carlos Lutterbeck (presenter), Richard Bolek (presenter) & Kham Dieu Huynh (presenter)
03.06.2013 → 04.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Biodegradability of cytostatic drugs:Cyclophosphamide, 5-Fluorouracil and Methotrexate and their photo-transformation resulting from treatment with UV and simulated sunlight radiation products in Closed Bottle Test
Ewelina Baginska (presenter), Klaus Kümmerer (presenter) & Carlos Lutterbeck (presenter)
02.06.2013 → 03.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Science Slam der Messe New Energy - 2013
Richard Bolek (Speaker)
22.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
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
Beratung von Bürgerinitiativen zum Thema Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Vortrag zur Einführung ins Thema unkonventionelle Lagerstätten und hydraulic fracturing
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
- 2012
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
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
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2012
Evgenia Logunova (presenter)
19.11.2012 → 20.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
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)
09.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8. Krankenhaus-Umwelttag NRW 2012
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
25.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Science Slam im Wissenschaftsjahr - Zukunftsprojekt Erde 2012
Richard Bolek (Speaker)
30.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Referent: Herausforderungen an das Projektmanagement – Vom 7. Forschungsrahmen-programm zu Horizon 2020
Oliver Olsson (Panel participant)
27.06.2012Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Transfer
3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development - ISSD 2012
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote speaker)
31.05.2012 → 01.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
22nd SETAC Europe Annual Meeting - SETAC 2012
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.05.2012 → 24.05.2012Activity: 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
E-Journal of Chemistry (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (External organisation)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
Journal of Hydrology (Journal)
Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Scientia Pharmaceutica (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- 2011
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
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
Drugs in the Environment: Ecopharmacovigilance for Better Health 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
31.10.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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
Postfossile Revolution! Abschied vom fossilen Kapitalismus 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
23.09.2011 → 25.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › 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