Reports from the Board of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry & Ecotoxicology

Report from the Board (March 2023)

On March 24, 2023, the Division Board met for the second meeting of the year. Topics that were discussed included the newly elected board members of the individual working groups and, as a result, the possibility of getting to know each other in a workshop. The Paul-Crutzen Award for 2023 was also discussed. In the publication area, two waivers have been awarded for the special volume of the ESEU and at the same time preparations for an article have started. In view of the upcoming events, the activities for the ICCE 2023, Environment 2023 and the associated JUF are in full swing.

Report from the Board (February 2023)

On January 27, 2023, the newly elected Board of the Division met for the constitutive meeting at the GDCh Office in Frankfurt/Main. Martin Brüggemann, Patrick Riefer and Wolfgang Schrader were newly elected to the Board , Stefan Hahn, Jan Schwarzbauer, Stefanie Wieck and Christiane Zarfl began their second term of office. Stefan Hahn was re-elected as the proven chairman, Jan Schwarzbauer and Stefanie Wieck are the deputy chairmen. The two newly elected chairmen of jUCÖT, Viviane Bayer and Dominik Nerlich, were also present. It's nice that we were able to meet in person in a large group on this occasion, after the majority of meetings took place via video conference in the last term of office. A lot of time was spent on presenting the organization of the Division and its activities to the newly elected members, but planning for the next events was also a priority. The environment 2023 from 11.-13.9.23 in Muttenz is currently being prepared together with the SETAC GLB and JUF and perspective day were also discussed.

Report from the Board of Directors (December 2022)

On December 22, 2022, the last board meeting of the current Divisions board took place online. Over a glass of mulled wine, the Board thanks Markus Telscher for 8 years of voluntary work on the Board. Other topics were the elections of the working groups and the jUCÖT, a review of the activities of the past year and the status of planning for the activities in the new year. Among other things, the ICCE is coming up in Venice (June 11-15, 2023) and the Environment 2023 in Muttenz (September 11-13, 2023). The JUF and the Perspectives Day are organized for young scientists. The next meeting is the constitutive meeting of the new board in January, which will take place at the GDCh in Frankfurt for the first time since January 2020.

Report from the Board of Directors (November 2022)

On September 5, 2022, the Division Board met with the working group leaders from the atmosphere and environmental monitoring working groups for a hybrid meeting (online and on site in Emden). The work in the AKs was presented by the respective heads or temporarily by Stefan Hahn . Since the elections for the AK Head are due in the coming months, support from the Division in introducing the candidates was requested, e.g. sending CVs by e-mail to the AK members, etc. The Division promised its support. The jUCÖT representative presented the upcoming Perspective Day on November 15th at Ibacon.

Further reports from the Board can be found in the notifications of the Division.