AK ChemKrist

Working Group Chemical Crystallography

The Working Group Chemical Crystallography (ChemKrist) of the GDCh Division of Analytical Chemistry deals with crystal structure analysis as an analytical method for solving chemical problems - in close cooperation with people who use X-ray and neutron structure analysis; in addition to single crystal methods, this also includes powder diffraction. Founded in 1979 as the Crystal Structure Analysis of Molecular Compounds working group (KSAM) in Frankfurt am Main, it has been called ChemKrist since 1999.

The working group pursues the following objectives:

Intensification of the exchange of ideas within chemistry, in particular advice to working groups dealing with structural chemical problems
Discussion forum for all application areas of diffraction methods for solving chemical questions
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 young scientists and experienced users
Representation of the interests of colleagues organized in the GDCh
Maintaining contact with the German Society for Crystallography

Shortlink to this page: www.gdch.de/chemkrist

Board 2025-2028

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

working group Boards 2001ff

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 ad Ruhr

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