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  • Franz Schütz, Eva E. Wille: Rethinking Chemistry on site; In the eye of transformation. Nachr. Chem. 2024, 72(12) 84.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz, Heribert Offermanns: Laboratory or atelier, Part 2: Chemists and art collectors. Chem.Unserer Zeit. 2024, 58(5) 352.
  • Heribert Offermann: The Saltpetre King. Nachr. Chem, 2024, 72(10) 22.
  • Gerhard Kreysa: Elementary facts (letter to the editor). Frankfurter Allgmeine Zeitung, 27.09.2024.
  • Franz Schütz, Eva Wille: SEC annual meeting in Magdeburg. Nachr. Chem. 2024, 72(9), 98.
  • Klaus-Peter Jäckel, Guido Kickelbick: Experiments are intended to inspire pupils. Nachr. Chem. 2024. 72 (7/8), 95.
  • Horst Klemeyer: Experimental procedures (letter to the editor). Chemkon 2024, 31(7)282.
  • Dieter Kunz: Fragments of conversations about the history of chemistry. Nachr. Chem. 2024. 72 (7/8), 18.
  • Klaus-Dieter Jany: New rules for new genomic techniques … What is it actually about? Podcast at https://genomeediting.podcaster.de/ dated 22.04.2024.
  • Gisela Boeck: Lydia Sesemann: 150 Years of Women’s Doctorates in Chemistry. Chemistry Views 15 May 2024.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz, Hans Uwe von Grabowski: Ball furnace, Simmerring and Red Tower (SEC excursion to Weinheim). Nachr. Chem. 2024, 72(5), 96.
  • "Chemistry with foresight in Magdeburg," press release from GDCh and MPI for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems (Magdeburg) dated 2 May 2024.
  • Eberhard Ehlers: As luck would have it. Schwalbacher Zeitung 24.04.2024.
  • Horst Klemeyer: Robust school experiments. Nachr. Chem. 2024, 72(4), 10.
  • Gisela Boeck, Hildegard Nimmesgern, Eva Wille: Rethinking the history of chemistry. Nachr. Chem. 2024, 72(2), 94.
  • Horst Klemeyer: Safe experimentation – two implementation aids. Chem. Unserer Zeit 2023_58 (5) 2.
  • Horst Klemeyer: Digitisation of experimental procedures. DiCE Conference 2023, 1.
  • Ekkehard Schwab: Raw Material Change in the Chemical Industry. Chem. Views, 27 Jun 2023.
  • Dieter Kunz: Arrhenius and global warming. Mitteilungen der Fachgruppe Geschichte der Chemie 2023, 27, 59-84.
  • Horst Klemeyer: Hazardous Substances Ordinance: replacing substances and procedures. Nachr. Chem. 2023, 71 (7/8), 38.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz: SEC annual meeting 2024. Nachr. Chem. 2023, 71(10), 82.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz, Eckhart Louis: Herbicides and Deutsche Bahn. Nachr. Chem. 2023, 71(10), 81.
  • Eberhard Ehlers: Letter to the editor in FAZ "This speech too?
  • Eberhard Ehlers: Drugs and addiction: A problem for all societies. Eichsfelder Allgemeine, 25.04.2023.
  • Manfred Kussler, Klaus Martin Ruppersberg: On the red colour in tests for sugars. Nachr.Chem. 2023, 71(04),68.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz: Soda and baking powder also contain a great deal of chemistry, letter to the editor, Bergsträßer Anzeiger 25.04.2023.
  • Klaus-Dieter Jany: SEC Symposium 2022: "Green genetic engineering, yes – but how?" Nachr. Chem. 2023, 71 (2), 100.
  • Nicole Bürger: Senior Expert Chemists – the new Board. Nachr. Chem. 2023, 71 (2), 100.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz, Heribert Offermanns: Laboratory or atelier. Chem.unserer Zeit 2023, 57 (1), 2.
  • Eberhard Ehlers: Letter to the editor in FAZ dated 13.01.23.
  • On the GDCh website (under Publications), SEC members Eberhard Ehlers and Heribert Offermanns publish brief biographies of pioneering women in chemistry: Marianne Baudler, Margot Becke-Goering, Erika Cremer, Marga Faulstich, Lieselotte Felkes, Marika Geldmacher von Mallinckrodt, Hildegard Hess, Luise Holzapfel, Elfriede Husemann, Clara Immerwahr, Almuth Klemer, Maria Kobel, Gertrud Kornfeld, Annelore Köster-Pflugmacher, Nora Kräutle, Maria-Regina Kula, Maria Lipp, Maria-Elisabeth Michel-Beyerle, Ida Noddack, Sigrid Peyerimhoff, Beate Pfannemüller, Agnes Pockels, Irmgard Spiess, Marthe Vogt, Lili Wachenheim, Edith Weide, Gertrud Woker, Emma Wolffhardt, Margarethe von Wrangell.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz: Lappan, food and tea ceremony – 12th SEC technology tour. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70 (12), 91.
  • Heribert Offermanns: Germany’s oldest chemical factory. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70 (12), 31.
  • Gisela Boeck, Eve Herrmann-Dresel: Jewish women chemists during the Nazi era. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70 (11) 28.
  • Klaus-Dieter Jany: SEC Symposium 2022: Green genetic engineering, yes – but how? Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70 (10), 87.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz: Third time lucky – the 8th SEC annual meeting in Wernigerode. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70 (9), 98.
  • Senior Expert Chemists: New Division Board. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70 (9), 98.
  • Jürgen Glenneberg, Heribert Offermanns: Hydrogen peroxide – still working as before. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70(7/8), 41.
  • Eberhard Ehlers: Wolfszeit: Germany and the Germans, by Harald Jähner (book review). Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70(7/8), 97.
  • B. Fumey, M. Kleingries, G. Karger, H. Offermanns: What is in the lye: The soda locomotive. Nachr.Chem. 2022, 70 (04), 41.
  • Helmut Ritter: Plastics for people: benefits and disadvantages, Chem. Uns. Z. 2022, 56(3), 147.
  • Badische Neue Nachrichten, 19.05.2022: Genetic engineering in agriculture as a focus – Klaus-Dieter Jany receives the Max Eyth commemorative medal.
  • DLG-Mitteilungen: Klaus-Dieter Jany receives the DLG Max Eyth commemorative medal, DLG-Mitteilungen 09.05.2022.
  • Eichsfelder Allgemeine, 7 May 22: E. Ehlers: On unlucky people in the sciences.
  • Klaus-Peter Jäckel: 17 years of Senior Expert Chemists – celebrating in Wernigerode. Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70(03), 94.
  • Eckkehard Schwab: Prioritising efficiency for "green electricity." Nachr. Chem. 2022, 70(03), 90.
  • Wolfgang Gerhartz: Plastic waste and ball mill, 11th SEC technology tour to Duderstadt and Deuna. Nachr. Chem. 2021, 69 (12), 91.
  • Thüringer Allgemeine, 17 Sep 21, E. Ehlers: The role of chance in discoveries.
  • Klaus-Peter Jäckel: Annual meeting planned as an in-person event. Nachr. Chem. 2021, 69(1), 105.
  • Eberhard Ehlers: Not always looking only at the Nobel Prize (letter to the editor) Nachr. Chem. 2021, 69(1), 95.
  • Klaus-Peter Jäckel: Open letter to the EU on glyphosate. Nachr. Chem. 2020, 68 (09), 107.
  • Heribert Offermanns, Hans-Uwe von Grabowski: "The bureaucratic horse is thirsty." Chem. Unserer Zeit 2020, 54 (3), 175-179.
  • Experts at the energy transition symposium. Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67(12), 84.
  • Enjoying Aachen with all the senses. Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67(12), 82.
  • Active in retirement. Chem. Unserer Zeit 2019, 53, 211.
  • WiFo highlights: Senior Expert Chemists. Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67(7/8), 94.
  • "It is not meant to be a magic show." Peter Stevens is 80 and still offers science experiments. Höchster Kreisblatt 14.03.19.
  • Successful educational work: Eberhard Ehlers gives a talk in Thuringia on the periodic table of the elements. Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67(6), 89,
  • The world’s most famous table: Doctorate-holding chemist enthusiastically gives a talk at Eichsfelder Urania on "150 years of the periodic table." Thüringer Allgemeine, 23 March 2019.
  • Gerhard Kreysa: Lack of basic statistical knowledge (letter to the editor on the NOx limit value, FAZ, 11.02.2019.
  • SEC board visits Sanofi, Nachr. Chem. 2019, 67(1), 106.

  • Speciality paper and Pinot Noir – senior expert chemist at Koehler paper mill in Oberkirch, Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 1207.
  • E. Louis, K.-P. Jäckel: Glyphosate – the SEC’s position. Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 1112.
  • Molecules that move the world. Eberhard Ehlers talks at a grammar school about the dangers and benefits of chemical substances, Darmstädter Echo, 07.09.2018.
  • 7th SEC annual meeting “Chemistry between the Classical and the Modern” in Weimar from 2 to 4 May, Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 921.
  • Report by WG JLC on the 7th SEC meeting in Weimar, food chemistry 2018, 72, 73.
  • Still active in retirement, Nachr. Chem. 2018, 66, 177.
  • 7th SEC annual meeting 2018 from 2–4 May 2018 in Weimar, Nachr.Chem. 2017, 65, 1259.
  • Altamira, amphibole and Alpina, Nachr.Chem. 2017, 65, 1259.
  • Senior expert chemists return to the classroom, Nachr. Chem. 2017, 65, 964.
  • Obituary for Peter Cüppers, Nachr. Chem. 2017, 65, 820.
  • Senior Expert Chemists: the first ten years, Nachr. Chem. 2017, 65, 608.
  • High voter turnout in the Board election of Senior Expert Chemists, Nachr. Chem. 2016, 64, 924.
  • Church towers and lighthouses (report on the 6th SEC annual meeting), Nachr. Chem. 2016, 64, 923.
  • 6th SEC annual meeting, Nachr. Chem. 2016, 64, 472.
  • Art Nouveau and ion source, Nachr. Chem. 2015, 63, 84.
  • Working group “Chemistry is...”, Nachr. Chem. 2015, 63, 81.
  • 5th SEC annual meeting in Braunschweig: scholarship and sociability, Nachr. Chem. 2014, 62, 920.
  • 5th SEC Technology Tour in Darmstadt, Nachr. Chem. 2014, 62, 89.
  • What else there is to say: Active on site, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 1166.
  • Senior Expert Chemists: old Board is new Board, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 1163.
  • Junior–senior meeting and GDCh Senior Expert Chemists meeting, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 965.
  • Facebook workshop for seniors, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 965.
  • More than two, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 5, 586.
  • Don’t retire – come to Wikipedia instead, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 5, 584.
  • Senior Expert Chemists, CHEMKON 2013, 2, 91.
  • For and against CO2 as a climate killer, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 132.
  • For and against the CHE ranking, Nachr. Chem. 2013, 61, 24.
  • For and against: demonstration lecture, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 1092.
  • For and against: CCS (Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage), Nachr. Chem., 2012, 60, 1000.
  • Students make contacts at Achema, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 1050.
  • Science and communication, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 931.
  • Senior expert chemists, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 282.
  • Active Senior Expert Chemists, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 801.
  • Promoting dialogue between the generations, CheManager 2012, 9/10, 7.
  • Lecture with splish and splash, Steinfurter Kreisblatt 20.03.2012.
  • Münster residents learn about career prospects, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 181.
  • 4th SEC annual meeting – exploring the region, expanding knowledge, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 180.
  • Seniors and young chemists at Krupp-Salzgitter-Mannesmann, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 89.
  • 4th SEC annual meeting: the Rhine–Neckar metropolitan region, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 84.
  • For and against: biofuels, Nachr. Chem. 2012, 60, 22.

  • Einhard, Eipott and Ei gurre wie (4th SEC Technology Tour), Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 1104.
  • Senior Expert Chemists meet in Bad Dürkheim. Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 1194.
  • Pros and cons: nuclear energy, Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 954.
  • SEC at the 2011 Science Forum, Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 709.
  • Senior members of the Münster local section meet, Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 489.
  • How does chemistry get into the media? Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 487.
  • High voter turnout in the board election, Nachr. Chem. 2011, 59, 487.
  • Former chemists from Münster and the surrounding area at Baerlocher, Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 1309.
  • Satellite control and Art Nouveau, 3rd SEC Technology Tour, Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 1183.
  • Senior members of the Münster local section discuss initial projects, Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 957.
  • Successful annual meeting of the Senior Expert Chemists in Bitterfeld-Wolfen, VDI IngPost Halle.
  • Even though the hair is grey, the mind is alert, Bitterfelder Ztg. 2010, 5 June.
  • Seniors, juniors and Phoenix: 3rd annual meeting of the Senior Expert Chemists, Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 947.
  • Active Senior Expert Chemists (GDCh Annual Report 2009), Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 23.
  • The Central German chemical region: rising like a phoenix from the ashes, Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 186.
  • Search by GDCh local section membership now also available with SEFi. Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 194.
  • What career prospects does studying chemistry offer? Nachr. Chem. 2010, 58, 85.
  • Senior men and women – active members of all Divisions in the GDCh: CHEMKON 2009, 3, 117.
  • SEC annual meeting: high praise: Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 918.
  • Second SEC Technology Tour to Zwingenberg: Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 932.
  • All expectations exceeded: 2nd annual meeting of the SEC: Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 930.
  • Meeting at a historic site: Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 471.
  • From Freddie Mercury to the Terracotta Army: 2nd SEC annual meeting, Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 347.
  • New material from old archives – on the history of the chemical industry: Nachr. Chem. 2009, 57, 87.
  • Where seniors can get involved: Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 825.
  • Second computer course "juniors support seniors": Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 708.
  • Foundation of a JCF (YoungChemistryForum) in Steinfurt, Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 827.
  • Call for SEC school partnerships: Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 921.
  • Workshop in Steinfurt "Studying chemistry – and what then?" Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 484.
  • JCF (YoungChemistryForum) and SEC, 1st computer course "juniors support seniors:" Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 459
  • 1st annual meeting of the Senior Chemists, 11 – 13 Nov 2007: Nachr. Chem. 2008, 56, 203 (and 2007, 55, 810 and 2007, 55. 693).
  • 1st SEC Technology Tour at Sanofi-Aventis: Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 920.
  • Senior Expert Chemists: leading by example. Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 692.
  • Computer and email hotline of the Senior Expert Chemists: Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 463.
  • Regular meetings of the Senior Expert Chemists: Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 460.
  • The first SEC projects get under way: Nachr. Chem. 2007, 55, 90 - 91.
  • Launch event on 19 Oct 2006: Nachr. Chem. 2006, 54, 1255.