The Working Group Chemical Crystallography (ChemKrist) of the GDCh Division of Analytical Chemistry focuses on crystal structure analysis as an analytical method for solving chemical problems – in close collaboration with experts using X-ray and neutron structure analysis; this includes not only single-crystal methods but also, and especially, powder diffractometry. Founded in 1979 in Frankfurt am Main as the working group on Crystal Structure Analysis of Molecular Compounds (KSAM), it has been known as ChemKrist since 1999.

The working group pursues the following objectives:

 

• Intensification of the exchange of ideas within chemistry, in particular advising working groups facing structural chemistry problems.
• Discussion forum for all application areas of diffraction methods for solving chemical problems
• Strengthening cooperation in the field of hardware and software as well as in the equipment sector, representing user interests in dialogue with manufacturers
• Conducting introductory and advanced training events for both junior researchers and experienced users.
• Representation of the interests of colleagues organized in the GDCh
• Maintaining contact with the German Society for Crystallography

Short link to this page: www.gdch.de/chemkrist

Dr. Michael Bodensteiner (Chair), University of Regensburg
Dr. Regine Herbst-Irmer (Deputy Chair), University of Göttingen
Prof. Dr. Anna Krawczuk (Deputy Chair), University of Göttingen
Dr. Alexander Pöthig (secretary), Technical University of Munich

Permanent Guests of the Board
Dr. Marcus Müller, DECTRIS AG, Baden (Switzerland)
Dr. Nils Nöthling, Max Planck Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim
Prof. Dr. Iris Oppel, RWTH Aachen University University

2021-2024
Prof. Dr. Iris Oppel (Chair), RWTH Aachen University University
Dr. Regine Herbst-Irmer (Deputy Chair), University of Göttingen
Dr. Alexander Pöthig (Deputy Chair), Technical University of Munich
Dr. Michael Bodensteiner (secretary), University of Regensburg

2017-2020
Prof. Dr. Iris Oppel (Chair), RWTH Aachen University University
Dr. Regine Herbst-Irmer, University of Göttingen
Dr. Clemens Kühn, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt
Dr. Klaus Merz, University of Bochum

2009-2012 and 2013-2016
Prof. Dr. Christian W. Lehmann (Chair), MPI for Coal Research, Mülheim ad Ruhr
Prof. Dr. Ullrich Englert, RWTH Aachen University
Dr. Norbert Nagel, Sanofi-Avntis Deutschland GmbH
Prof. Dr. Iris Oppel, RWTH Aachen University

2005-2008
Prof. Dr. Ernst Egert (Chair), Frankfurt aM
Dr. Ulrich Flörke, Paderborn
Prof. Dr. Peter Jones, Braunschweig
Prof. Dr. Christian W. Lehmann, Mülheim an der Ruhr

2001-2004
Prof. Dr. Ernst Egert (Chair), Frankfurt aM
Dr. Ulrich Flörke, Paderborn
Prof. Dr. Christian W. Lehmann, Mülheim an der Ruhr
C. Näther