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 (Assistant), Bayer AG, Monheim
Dipl.-Ing. Regina Gnirss (advisor), Berliner Wasserbetriebe
Dr. Elisabeth Janssen (advisor), Federal Institute of Water Supply, Wastewater Treatment and Water Protection, Dübendorf (Switzerland)
Dr. Alexander Kämpfe (advisor), Federal Environment Agency, Bad Elster
Dipl.-Ing. Björn Marquardt (advisor), Hamburg Wasser
Dr. Marco Scheurer (advisor), State Agency for the Environment Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
Dr. Stephanie Spahr (advisor), Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Berlin
Dipl.-Geoökol. Sebastian Sturm (advisor), DVGW Water Technology Center, Karlsruhe
Dr. Markus Weber (advisory board member), Currenta GmbH & Co. OHG, Leverkusen
Prof. Dr. Christian Zwiener (advisor), Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen

Permanent Guests of the Board
Dr. Frank Brauer, Main Committee Analytical Methods – Development and Standardization
Prof. Dr. Holger Lutze, Main Committee for Research

honorary chairwoman
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 (2013-2021)

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

 

• 1999 (?): Renaming of the water chemistry Division to Society of Water Chemistry

• 1976: 50th 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
• 1952: 1st independent Division conference (Bad Homburg)
• 03.09.1948: Re-establishment of the " water chemistry Division " in the GDCh (Hannover Technical University) and election of Prof. Dr. Husmann as provisional chairman
• 22.01.1947: Founding of the German Chemical Society (GDCh) as the successor organization of 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 Socialists came to power
• 07.02.1928: constitutive meeting of the working committee "German standard procedures for water testing" (Kassel)
• January 2027: Publication of the first yearbook VOM WASSER by Verlag Chemie (collection of lectures on the Division conference)
• 27.05.1926: Foundation of the "Division for water chemistry" within the Association of German Chemists (VDCh) at the Botanical Institute of the University of Kiel