Board of the GDCh Division Society of Water Chemistry Section

Prof. Dr. Thomas Ternes (Chair), Federal Institute of Hydrology, Koblenz
Prof. Dr. Martin Elsner (Deputy Chair), Technical University of Munich
Dr. Ralph Fliege, Bayer AG, Monheim
PD Dr. Elisabeth Janssen, Eawag, Dübendorf (Switzerland)
Dr. Alexander Kämpfe, Federal Environment Agency, Bad Elster
Dipl.-Ing. Björn Marquardt, Hamburg Water
Dr. Stephanie Spahr, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin
Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Regular guests of the board
Dr. Frank Brauer ( Main Committee for Analytical Methods – Development and Standardization )
Dipl.-Ing. Regina Gnirss, Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Prof. Dr. Holger Lutze, Technical University of Darmstadt ( Main Committee for Research )
Dr. Marco Scheurer, State Institute for the Environment Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
Sebastian Sturm, Dipl.-Geoecol., DVGW Water Technology Centre, Karlsruhe
Dr. Markus Weber, Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Leverkusen
Dr. Rudi Winzenbacher, Zweckverband Landeswasserversorgung, Langenau
Rotating representation Young Water Forum

Honorary Chair
Prof. Dr. Fritz Frimmel (Chair: 1992-2003)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Jekel (Chair: 2004-2012)
Prof. Dr. Torsten C. Schmidt (Chair: 2013-2021)

 

• Prof. Dr. Torsten C. Schmidt (Chair: 2013-2021)

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Jekel (Chair: 2004-2012)
• Prof. Dr. Fritz H. Frimmel (Chair: 1992-2003)
• Prof. Dr. Karl-Ernst Quentin (Chair: 1971-1992)
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wilhelm Husmann (Chair: 1949-1970)
• Dr. Wolf Olszewski (Chair: 1933-1945)
• Prof. Dr. Josef Tillmans (Chair: 1930-1933)
• Prof. Dr. Hugo Haupt (Chair: 1926-1930)

 

• 2026: First presentation of the Student Water Award

• 2026: Anniversary conference celebrating 100 years of the Society of Water Chemistry Division (Kiel)
• December 2010: Establishment of the Walter Kölle Foundation under the umbrella of the GDCh
• January 1, 2000: Renaming of the " water chemistry Division " to " Society of Water Chemistry"
• 1993: First award of the water chemistry Doctoral Prize
• 1976: Anniversary conference of the water chemistry Division (Kiel)
• 1974: Birth of the specialist group logo
• 1971: First award of the water chemistry Specialist Group Prize (today: Division Award Society of Water Chemistry )
• 1952: First independent Division conference (Bad Homburg)
• September 3, 1948: Re-establishment of the " water chemistry Division " within the GDCh (Technical University of Hanover) and election of Prof. Dr. Husmann as provisional chairman.
• January 22, 1947: Founding of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) as the successor organization to the Association of German Chemists and the German Chemical Society
• 1940-1945: Name changed to "working group on water chemistry, including Waste Materials and Corrosion Issues"
• 1935: Name changed to "Division for water chemistry, including Waste Materials and Corrosion Issues" after the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) seized power.
• February 7, 1928: Constituent meeting of the working committee "German Standard Procedures for Water Testing" (Kassel)
• January 1927: Publication of the first yearbook VOM WASSER by Verlag Chemie (collection of lectures from the Division conference)
• May 27, 1926: Founding of the "Division for water chemistry" within the Association of German Chemists (VDCh) at the Botanical Institute of the University of Kiel