PD Dr. Hans-Georg Schmarr
Affiliation
Assistant lecturer at the University Duisburg-Essen
email: hg.schmarr [at] uni-due.de
Head of Wine Analysis and Microbiology
Institute for Vitiscience, Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum (DLR) Rheinpfalz, Neustadt a.d.W., Germany
Professional Activities and Education
| 2015 | Habilitation, University Duisburg-Essen; Venia legendi in “Analytical Chemistry” |
| 2002 - | Head of Wine Analysis and Microbiology, Research Assistant, Dienstleistungszentrum Ländlicher Raum (DLR) Rheinpfalz, Neustadt a.d.W. Germany |
| 1996 – 2002 | Research Assistant, Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Lebensmitteltechnologie, Technical University Munich in Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany |
| 1995 | Technical Director Europe, Restek GmbH, Bad Soden, Germany |
| 1994 |
Postdoctoral Researcher (DFG scholarship), Department of Environmental Toxicology, Prof. Dr. Takayuki Shibamoto, University of California, Davis, CA, USA |
| 1992 – 1993 | Applications Chemist, Fisons Instruments Vertriebs-GmbH, Mainz-Kastel, Germany |
| 1989 – 1992 | PhD (Dr. phil. nat.), Institut für Lebensmittelchemie, Prof. Dr. Armin Mosandl, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; partly completed (DAAD scholarship) at the Kantonales Laboratorium Zürich, Switzerland under the supervision of Dr. Konrad Grob |
| 1986 – 1987 | Internship (Elemental Analysis, Gas Chromatography), Carlo Erba Instruments, Hofheim, Germany |
| 1981 – 1988 | Study of Food Chemistry (Staatsexamen; CertFoodChem), Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main; Approbation as Food Chemist at the Lebensmittelchemisches Untersuchungsamt in Gießen, Germany |
Professional Societies and Committees
- AK Separation Science, Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie (GDCh; German Chemical Society)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- American Society of Enology and Viticulture (ASEV)
- Forschungsring des Deutschen Weinbaus (FDW; Research Society of Viticulture)
- Fachgruppe Analytische Chemie (GDCh, German Society of Analytical Chemistry)
- Lebensmittelchemische Gesellschaft (GDCh; German Society of Food Chemistry)
Member of Councils and Committees:
- Deputy in-charge for the Forschungsring des Deutschen Weinbaus (FDW), AK Kellerwirtschaft
- Organizing committee 11 th and 9th GC×GC Symposium (2014, 2012), Riva del Garda, Italien
Peer-reviewing for international journals:
Anal. Bioanal. Chem.; Anal. Chim. Acta; Am. J. Enol. Viticult.; Austr. J. Grape Wine Res.; Chromatographia; Flavour Fragrance J.; Food Res. Int.; J. Agric. Food Chem.; J. Chromatogr. A; J. Chromatogr. Sci.; J. Sep. Sci.; Talanta
Research
| Wine aroma |
- “Oeno-Metabolomics” – Investigation of enological and viticultural technologies on the wine aroma composition and its sensory characteristic - Targeted and non-targeted profiling analysis with 1D, 2D (MDGC) und Comprehensive 2D GC (GC×GC)-MS approaches and data processing with multivariate statistical analysis |
| Gas chromatography |
- Method development for trace-level analysis of aroma-relevant compounds - Capillary column technology; (Large volume) Injections; Hyphenating chromatographic techniques - Investigation of In-tube extraction (ITEX) and PAL SPME Arrow extraction techniques for volatile aroma analysis |
| Enantio-GC |
- Enantioselective analysis of aroma compounds - Development of (today market leading) chiral stationary phases for capillary GC, based on modified (6-TBDMS-2,3-dialkyl or -diacyl)-cyclodextrin derivatives |
| SIDA |
- Synthesis of isotopic labeled aroma compounds for stable isotope dilution assays |
| Ionic liquids |
- Evaluation of ionic liquids as novel stationary GC phases - Investigations on the isotopic effect and beneficial application of ionic liquids in non-MS MDGC-SIDA applications |
| Lipid-analysis |
- Analysis of cocoa butter replacements, sterols, sterol esters - Synthesis, analysis and toxicological investigation of cholesterol- and phytosterol oxides |
Teaching
- “Advanced Gas Chromatography”; Assistant lecturer at the University Duisburg-Essen, Germany
- “Special Wine Chemistry and Analysis”; Assistant lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen, Germany
- “Mentoring of Bachelor, Diploma and PhD students”; Assistant lecturer at the Technical University Kaiserslautern, Germany
Supervision of > 40 Diploma-, Bachelor, Masters- and PhD theses in Bonn, Braunschweig, Frankfurt, Kaiserslautern, Mannheim, Munich, Trier, and Duisburg-Essen
Publications
> 70 Peer-reviewed publications in scholarly journals, > 30 posters, > 45 oral presentations (ca. 15 invited lectures)



