Working Group Environmental Monitoring

Scientists from various disciplines are involved in the Environmental Monitoring Working Group of the GDCh Division of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology in order to exchange experiences and develop contributions to the continuous improvement of the quality of environmental observation.

Key topics are discussed at two to three working group meetings each year. A particular concern is to make the monitoring data collected usable. As part of the “Environment” Annual Conference, jointly organised by the Division and SETAC-GLB, the working group organises scientific sessions on current environmental monitoring topics.

Research projects involving working group members:

• Research projects of the Chair of Landscape Ecology
  Prof. Dr. Winfried Schroeder, Chair of Landscape Ecology, University of Vechta
• Project group: Federal Environment Specimen Bank
  Prof. Dr. Martin Paulus, Chair of Biogeography, University of Trier
• Substance-related monitoring and environmental quality assessment, Schmallenberg
  Dr. Heinz Rüdel, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology (Fraunhofer IME)

Dr. Bernd Göckener (Chair), Fraunhofer IME, Schmallenberg
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Wolfgang Körner (Deputy Chair), Bavarian Environment Agency (LfU), Augsburg
Dr. Heinz Rüdel, Herne (until 7/2022 Fraunhofer IME, Schmallenberg)
Prof. Dr. Winfried Schröder, University of Vechta
Prof. Dr. Jan Schwarzbauer, RWTH Aachen University