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. Rudi Winzenbacher   (Deputy Chair) , State Water Supply Association, Langenau
Dr. Ralph Fliege, Bayer AG, Monheim
Dipl.-Ing. Regina Gnirss, Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Dr. Elisabeth Janssen, Eawag, Dübendorf (Switzerland)
Dr. Alexander Kämpfe, Federal Environment Agency, Bad Elster
Dipl.-Ing. Björn Marquardt, Hamburg Water
Dr. Marco Scheurer, State Agency for the Environment Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
Dr. Stephanie Spahr, Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin
Dipl.-Geoökol. Sebastian Sturm, DVGW Water Technology Center, Karlsruhe
Dr. Markus Weber, Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Leverkusen
Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Permanent guests of the board
Dr. Frank Brauer ( Main Committee on Analytical Methods – Development and Standardization )
Prof. Dr. Holger Lutze, Technical University of Darmstadt ( Main Research Committee )
NN ( 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. Wilhelm Husmann (Chair: 1949-1970)
• Dr. W. Olszweski (Chair: 1933-1945)
• Prof. Dr. Josef Tillmans (Chair: 1930-1933)
• Prof. Dr. Hugo Haupt (Chair: 1926-1930)

 

• 2026: Anniversary Conference 100 Years of the Society of Water Chemistry ( Kiel)

• December 2010: Establishment of the Walter Kölle Foundation under the umbrella of the GDCh
• 01.01.2000: Renaming of the water chemistry Division to Society of Water Chemistry
• 1993: First award of the doctoral prize in water chemistry
• 1976: Anniversary conference 50 years of the water chemistry Division (Kiel)
• 1974: Birth of the specialist group logo
• 1971: First award of the water chemistry Specialist Group Prize (today: Prize of the Society of Water Chemistry )
• 1952: First independent Division conference (Bad Homburg)
• 03.09.1948: Re-establishment of the " water chemistry Division " in the GDCh (Hannover University of Technology) and election of Prof. Dr. Husmann as provisional chairman
• 22.01.1947: Founding of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) as the successor organization to the Association of German Chemists and the German Chemical Society
• 1940-1945: Change of name to "working group on water chemistry, including Waste Materials and Corrosion Issues"
• 1935: Change of name to "Division for water chemistry, including Waste Materials and Corrosion Issues" after the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP) came to power
• February 7, 1928: Constituent meeting of the working committee "German Standard Procedures for Water Analysis" (Kassel)
• January 2027: Publication of the first yearbook VOM WASSER (Collection of lectures on the Division conference conference)
• 27.05.1926: Founding of the "Division for water chemistry" within the Association of German Chemists (VDCh) at the Botanical Institute of the University of Kiel