Other
The Chemists in Civil Service Division organises symposia as part of other events – e.g. to promote Career – or gives guest lectures as part of other GDCh substructures such as the YoungChemistryForum (JCF). These events are generally organised via the GDCh Career Service.
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | speaker/in | Presentation title |
| 05.11.2025 | JCF Job Fair for Natural Scientists 2025 | Frankfurt am Main | Crime Scene Toilet – what does a chemist do at the sewage treatment plant? | Dr. Franziska Luschtinetz, KASSELWASSER | Crime Scene Toilet – what does a chemist do at the sewage treatment plant? |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Presentation title |
| 06.11.2024 | JCF Job Fair for Natural Scientists 2024 | Frankfurt am Main | Do chemists only work in the laboratory? Far from it! | Dipl.-Ing. Clemens Magerkurth, Bundesamt für Infrastruktur, Umweltschutz und Dienstleistungen der Bundeswehr (BAIUDBw) | Occupational and environmental protection in the German Armed Forces – chemistry is in demand |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Presentation title |
| 05/09/2023 | GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Career Days | Leipzig | Equal opportunities – Working in the public sector | Dr. Ute Resch-Genger, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), Berlin | Women in science |
| Dr. Franziska Luschtinetz, KASSELWASSER | Crime scene toilet – What does a chemist do at a sewage treatment plant? | ||||
| Dipl.-Ing. Clemens Magerkurth, Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services of the Bundeswehr | Chemistry and the Bundeswehr – Jobs in occupational safety and chemical safety | ||||
| Dipl.-Ing. Clemens Magerkurth, Federal Office for Infrastructure, Environmental Protection and Services of the Bundeswehr | Chemistry and the Bundeswehr – Jobs in occupational safety and chemical safety | ||||
| Dr. Susanne Rehn-Taube, Deutsches Museum Munich, Chemistry Department | Women in the sciences from a historical perspective |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Presentation title |
| 31.08.2021 | GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers Fair | Online | Equal opportunities – career profiles in the public sector | Dr. Ursula Westphal, IGAFA e. V. and Ladies Network Adlershof, Berlin | Women in science |
| Dr. Michaela Clever, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health | Hazardous substances management under chemicals legislation and occupational safety – as a natural scientist at a higher federal authority | ||||
| Dr. Christa Barkschat, Bavarian Environment Agency, Augsburg | Working as a chemist at an environmental authority | ||||
| Dr. Susanne Rehn-Taube, Deutsches Museum, Munich | Working as a chemist in a museum |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Presentation title |
| 17.09.2019 | GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers Fair | Aachen | Careers in the public sector | Ursula Westphal, Research Network at the Berlin-Adlershof Technology Park (IGAFA e. V.) | 1 + 1 = 3 – The value of scientific networking |
| Heike Wolf, RWTH Aachen University | Safety comes first – Working better without risk | ||||
| Romy Marx, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) | Statutory duties – The myth of endless paperwork | ||||
| Sebastian Foraita, Fire Department of the City of Frankfurt am Main | On duty as a chemist – From the glovebox to a major incident |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Presentation title |
| 12 September 2017 | GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers Fair | Berlin | Attention, inspection – Chemists in action for safety | Dr Jürgen Fuhrmann, Dangerous Goods Consultancy, formerly TÜV Rheinland Akademie | A chemist in dangerous goods law |
| Dr Ingeborg Vinke, General Customs Directorate, Scientific Department | Federal eagle eye – Chemists in the customs service | ||||
| Dr Sandra Merten, Federal Criminal Police Office | As a chemist at the BKA – An insight into the reality of Germany’s “CSI” | ||||
| Dr Frank Scheufler, Bavarian State Criminal Police Office | On the trail of drugs – as a chemist at the State Criminal Police Office |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Lecture title |
| 31.08.2015 | GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Job Fair | Dresden | Chemists in the public sector – Risky trace analysis and media frenzy | Dr. Detlef Thieme, Institute of Doping Analysis and Sports Biochemistry, Kreischa | Doping controls: Highly complex – but rarely television-friendly – trace analysis |
| Dr. Katja Schulz, TU Dresden, Institute of Forensic Medicine | A matter of life and death – As a chemist in forensic medicine | ||||
| PD Dr. Harald John, Institute of Pharmacology and toxicology of the German Armed Forces, Munich | Of poisons and antidotes – As an analyst in the medical CBRN defence of the German Armed Forces | ||||
| Dr. Martin Penno, TU Berlin, UniCat | With Mozart for catalysis – Science PR in a Cluster of Excellence |
| Date | Event | Location | Event title | Speaker | Presentation title |
| 02.09.2013 | GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers Fair | Darmstadt | Natural scientists in the public sector | Dr. Reinhold Rühl, German Social Accident Insurance Institution for the Building Trade, Frankfurt | Engaging occupational safety in construction and cleaning products |
| Prof. Dr. Hartmut Nies, IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), Monaco | The environmental laboratories of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Monaco – work to protect the marine environment in an international organisation
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