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
KLÖN: Kooperative Lösungsansätze zur nachhaltigen Verminderung der Belastung von Oberflächengewässern mit Veterinärarzneimitteln im Einzugsgebiet der Talsperre Haltern
01.10.14 → 31.01.18
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
DBU Antibiotikum: Entwicklung eines umweltverträglichen Antibiotikums
Kümmerer, K., Leder, C. & Rastogi, T.
01.11.14 → 30.04.18
Project: Research
Time matters. Unlocking the transformative potential of strategic approaches towards a more sustainable metal use
Weiser, A., Lang, D. J. & Kümmerer, K.
01.01.15 → 31.03.19
Project: Dissertation project
The lipidome of the pellicle and the role of lipids for the dynamic process of initial biofilm formation in situ.
Kümmerer, K., Hannig, C., Hannig, M. & Reich, M.
11.01.15 → 10.01.18
Project: Research
MUTReWa: Measures for a more sustainable management of pesticides and their transformation products within a regional water management
01.04.15 → 31.05.18
Project: Research
Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Bridging The Great Divide in Sustainability Science: Linking High-Performance Modeling and Transition Experiments to Foster Transformational Change Towards Sustainability
Lang, D. J., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Forrest, N., Engler, J., Zimmermann, H., Wiek, A., Laubichler, M., Ghosh, A., Reich, M., John, B. & Feller, R. L.
01.06.16 → 30.09.19
Project: Research
Untersuchungen zum Abbau siliziumorganischer Verbindungen mithilfe von Labor-Experimenten
Grabitz, E., Olsson, O. & Kümmerer, K.
01.10.16 → 30.11.20
Project: Dissertation project
PoST: Processes of Sustainability Transformation (Promotionskolleg)
Barth, M., Kater-Wettstädt, L., Fischer, D., Halberstadt, J., Schaltegger, S., Leventon, J., Heinrichs, H., Lang, D. J., Wiek, A., Kümmerer, K., von Wehrden, H., Vilsmaier, U., Rodriguez Aboytes, J. G., Pöggel, K., Hübel, C., Buhr, M., Beyers, F., Laudan, J., Albrecht, S., Weber, H., Rathgens, J., Keβler, L., Hilser, S. & Juarez Bourke, S.
08.12.16 → 31.12.21
Project: Research
Benign by design: Entwicklung von nachhaltigen Inhibitoren der bakteriellen Topoisomerase II und Topoisomerase IV
01.01.17 → 31.10.20
Project: Dissertation project
Konzentrationen, Quellen und Senken ausgewählter Mikroverunreinigungen im Oberflächengewässer der Wietze
Kümmerer, K., Palm, W. & Schaffer, M.
01.07.17 → 31.01.19
Project: Other
SusChemTunisia: Sustainable Chemistry for a Sustainable Agriculture
Kümmerer, K., Olsson, O. & Mahjoub, B.
01.10.18 → 31.01.19
Project: Research
NAVEBGO: Eine Strategie zur NAchhaltigen VErringerung des Biozideintrags in das Grundwasser am Oberrhein
01.01.19 → 30.09.22
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Altes Land: Pestizide und Biozide in Beregnungsteichen im Alten Land
Kümmerer, K., Olsson, O. & Palm, W.
01.04.19 → 30.06.21
Project: Research
Untersuchungen zum biotischen und abiotischen Abbau von ionischen Flüssigkeiten auf Basis von Computermodellierungen und Labor-Experimenten
01.04.19 → …
Project: Dissertation project