Gisela Boeck taught at the Institute of Chemistry at the University of Rostock and is currently a member of the teaching staff at the Technical University of Riga. She has been in charge of chemistry training in medical courses for decades. Her current focus is on the history of chemistry.

As a SEC Lecturer, Boeck offers lectures on the following topics:

 

• Ferdinand Runge (1794-1867) and the formative drive of materials
• Latvian, Russian or German? Organic chemist, physical chemist or historian? Life and work of Paul Walden (1863-1957)
• Julius Lothar Meyer (1830-1895) – His life and his work
• Women conquer chemistry
• Jewish chemists during the National Socialist era

Dieter Kunz is an industrial chemist with a penchant for science. He has practical experience in the development, testing, production and marketing of thermosets for the aerospace industry, in the design and implementation of the treatment of industrial wastewater, in the up-scaling of soot recycling and in the application of new types of products based on carbon Nanotubes (CNT) and other carbon modifications.

As a SEC Lecturer, Kunz offers lectures on the following topics:

 

• Carbon - real gold
• Efficient, electric heating with carbon
• Fiber composite materials - efficient materials based on nature's example
• When does an investment pay off? Dealing with Risk
• How can you calculate the IR absorption of CO2 with "on-board means"?
• Plastic waste: knowledge and speculation
• Energy efficiency through material selection

For more information on the lectures by Dieter Kunz: see speakers

Ekkehard Schwab spent his professional life in central research at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen. He has many years of experience in the development of heterogeneous catalysts for large-scale petrochemical processes.

As a SEC Lecturer, Schwab offers lectures on the following topics from the perspective of the industrial chemist:

 

• Energy, our elixir of life - where does it come from, where does it go?
• Change in the use of raw materials for the chemical industry
• Industrial catalysis - a decisive success factor for the chemical industry

For more information on the lectures by Ekkehard Schwab: see speakers