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Torsten C. SchmidtProf. Dr. rer. nat
born 22 May 1968 in Bad Marienberg, Germany
married, two children |
Affiliation |
University Duisburg-Essen
Chair of Instrumental Analytical Chemistry
Universitätsstr. 5, 45141 Essen, Germany
Phone: +49 201 183 6774/-6772
Fax: +49 201 183 6773
email: torsten.schmidt@uni-due.de |
| Selected Professional Activities |
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76 peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals and books, 3 submitted, 1 accepted/in press, > 150 posters and oral presentations (3 poster awards, ca. 40 invited lectures), peer-reviewing for 15 international journals, national and international funding bodies, “Excellence in Review” Reward by Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, Associate Editor of Grundwasser 2006-2009 |
| 2010 |
Call for the Chair „Water Chemistry and Water Technology“, Karlsruhe Institute for Technology (KIT) (declined) |
| Since 2010 |
Member of the Executive Board of the German Water Chemistry Society within GDCh
National representative at IUPAC’s Analytical Chemistry Division |
| since 2009 |
Scientific Director of the Center for Water and Environmental Research, University Duisburg-Essen |
| since 2008 |
Dean of Studies, Faculty of Chemistry |
| since 2006 |
Chair of Instrumental Analytical Chemistry, University Duisburg-Essen and scientific director for water chemistry at IWW Water Centre |
| 2002-2006 |
Group leader „Environmental Chemistry and Analysis“ and Scientific Assistant (C1, assistant professor equivalent) at the Center for Applied Geoscience, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen |
| 1998-2002 |
Postdoc/research scientist at EAWAG/ETH Zurich, Department of Chemistry/Water resources and drinking water |
| 1998 |
Postdoc at the Mass Spectrometry Section of the Department of Chemistry, Univeristy Marburg |
| Research Interests |
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Development and application of analytical methods with focus on separa-tion techniques (GC, LC), extraction/enrichment techniques and com-pound-specific isotope analysis
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Process-oriented environmental chemistry with focus on the fate of or-ganic pollutants in soil and water systems
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Oxidation processes in water technology
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| Teaching Activities |
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Lectures, tutorials and lab courses in German and English at the universities of Marburg, Zurich, Tuebingen, Duisburg-Essen and the TU Danzig in the fol-lowing fields Chemistry introductory courses Aquatic Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Environmental Analysis Stable isotope analysis Chromatography
Supervision of > 50 Diploma-, Masters- and PhD Theses in Marburg, Zurich, Tuebingen, and Duisburg-Essen |
| Education |
| 2006 |
Habilitation, University Tuebingen, Department of Geosciences Venia Legendi in “Hydrogeochemistry and Environmental Ana- lysis” |
| 1997 |
PhD, Philipps-University Marburg, Analytical Chemistry |
| 1994-1997 |
Law Studies, Philipps-University Marburg, with emphasis on Environmental Law |
| 1994 |
Diploma, Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg and Heriot-Watt-University Edinburgh |
| 1987 |
Abitur (A-Level equiv) |
