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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.

2025

DateEventLocationEvent titlespeaker/inPresentation title

05.11.2025

JCF Job Fair for Natural Scientists 2025Frankfurt am MainCrime 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?

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerPresentation title

06.11.2024

JCF Job Fair for Natural Scientists 2024Frankfurt am MainDo 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

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerPresentation title

05/09/2023

GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Career Days
LeipzigEqual opportunities – Working in the public sectorDr. 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

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerPresentation title

31.08.2021

GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers FairOnlineEqual opportunities – career profiles in the public sectorDr. 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

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerPresentation title

17.09.2019

GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers FairAachenCareers in the public sectorUrsula 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

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerPresentation title

12 September 2017

GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers Fair
BerlinAttention, inspection – Chemists in action for safetyDr 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

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerLecture title

31.08.2015

GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Job Fair
DresdenChemists in the public sector – Risky trace analysis and media frenzyDr. 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

DateEventLocationEvent titleSpeakerPresentation title

02.09.2013

GDCh Science Forum Chemistry/Careers FairDarmstadt

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