Prof. Dr. Birgit Glüsen (Chair), TH Köln - University of Applied Sciences, Leverkusen
Dr. Paula Barreleiro (Deputy Chair), Werner & Mertz GmbH, Mainz
Marcus Gast (Deputy Chair), Federal Environment Agency Dessau-Roßlau
Dr. Thorsten Bastigkeit, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf
Dr. Carsten Cohrs, Clariant Products GmbH, Frankfurt
Prof. Dr. Felix Schacher, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Dr. Torsten Wieprecht, BASF SE, Ludwigshafen

Scientific Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Dirk Bockmühl, Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve
Dr. Edgar Endlein, Werner & Mertz GmbH, Mainz
Prof. Dr. Thomas Gassenmeier, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Detmold
Dr.-Ing. Bernd Glassl, German Personal Care and Detergent Industry Association, Frankfurt am Main
Prof. Dr. Matthias Karg, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Kimmel, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, Krefeld
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Meike N. Leiske, University of Bayreuth
Dr. Christiane Ludwig, Miele & Cie. KG, Bielefeld
Dr. Felix Müller, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Dr. Lutz Nitschke, Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety, Erlangen
Dr. Peter Schmiedel, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf
Dr. Horst-Dieter Speckmann, Langenfeld

student representation
Janine Birnbach, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf

The term of office of the Board of the GDCh Division of Detergent Chemistry ends on 31 December 2025 and you as members of the Division are hereby called upon to nominate candidates for the Board election who

 

• have declared their willingness to stand as a candidate,
• Members of the Division are and
• Have the support of at least eleven members of the Division. The current board members are happy to support your proposals after consultation.

According to the Division 's bylaws, the Board consists of a maximum of eleven members (1 Chair, 2 Deputy Chair, and a maximum of 8 deputy members), each elected for a term of four years. Universities, public authorities, the raw materials producing industry, and the detergent chemical industry should participate in the composition of the board and alternate as chairpersons. Re-election is possible once.

After two terms each, Dr. Paula Barreleiro and Prof. Dr. Birgit Glüsen are no longer eligible for re-election. Dr. Thorsten Bastigkeit, Dr. Carsten Cohrs , and Marcus Gast , Dipl.-Ing., are not available for another term. Prof. Dr. Felix Schacher and Dr. Torsten Wieprecht have indicated their willingness to run again. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of them for their many years of successful service to the Division and the GDCh as a whole.

For the maximum of eleven Board positions up for election, the current Board presents – in addition to your nominations – the following list of proposals:

*HS: University/Research Institution/Authority; Ind: Industry/Freelance Professions

If no written proposals for the nomination of further candidates are received by the GDCh Office by 30 September 2025 ( for the attention of Maike Fries; m.fries@gdch.de ), the election will be held as an Online election with the persons listed above starting 3 November 2025.