Division of Chemistry and the Environment

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Mission

TheEuChemS Division of Chemistry and the Environment (DCE) aims to promote and support the cooperation on chemistry and its scientific relation to all environmental aspects between the European chemical societies and their members. Activities of how to achieve this aim are:

  • to represent EuChemS in matters concerning chemistry and the environment;
  • to contribute to the advancement of environmental chemistry and chemistry and the environment in the countries of the national member societies of EuChemS;
  • to promote and support the cooperation about chemistry and environmental issues between the national chemical societies in Europe and their members;
  • to identify important areas in science, technology, and other human activities relevant to chemistry and the environment, and to stimulate actions in such fields;
  • to address aspects of importance in or to chemistry and the environment, which need regulation, harmonization, standardization, or codification, and to make recommendations as appropriate;
  • to promote and support the sound application of chemistry for assessing and solving environmental issues.

Short history of DCE

Membership

Delegates to the DCE are appointed by EuChemS member societies, which are normally national chemical societies and must have expertise in a field relevant to environmental chemistry.
Observers may be nominated by international organizations with documented activities in environmental chemistry as well as national chemical societies outside EuChemS.
Guests are invited by the DCE Steering Committee if their expertise is relevant to topics, discussed during the meetings.
Delegates, Observers, and Guests meet at the Annual Meeting which constitutes the supreme authority of DCE.

Official dissemination organ of DCE

The journal Environmental Science and Pollution Research serves as the official journal of the division of chemistry and the environment (more information under references section)

Meetings

DCE traditional photo, during the break of the annual meeting in Sevilla, on Saturday, September 10, 2016.
  • The EuChemS DCE Annual Meeting 2015 was held on Saturday 19 September 2015 in Leipzig, Germany, preceding ICCE 2015.
  • The EuChemS DCE Spring Meeting 2016 was held on Saturday 2 April 2016 in Oslo, Norway.
  • The EuChemS DCE Annual Meeting 2016 occurred on Saturday 10 September 2016 in Seville, Spain, preceding the 6th ECC.
  • The Spring meeting of EuChemS DCE was held  on Saturday 25 February 2017, in Bordeaux, France
  • The 2017 annual meeting took place in Oslo, on June 17, 2017.
  • The spring meeting 2018 was held on March 03, in Thessaloniki, Greece.
  • The summer meeting took place in Liverpool on August 25, 2018.
Traditional DCE photo, in front of the statue of Aristotle at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, on March 03, 2018.
  • Between 2020 and 2022, due to COVID-19-associated restrictions, all meetings have been arranged on web-based digital platforms.
  • The first meeting with physical presence after the pandemic was arranged in Venice on 24 September 2022.
  • After the above-mentioned COVID-19-related delay of two years, the ICCE conference series was continued successfully in Venice (ICCE 2023, June 11-15, 2023) where also the Annual Meeting 2023 was organized (June 10th,2023).
  • The Annual Meeting 2024 was arranged in hybrid mode (ZOOM) in Belgrade, Serbia (March 16th, 2024) at the Chemical Institute of Belgrade University with the main focus on planning the upcoming ICCE 2025 conference.
DCE-meeting Belgrade
EuChemS-DCE meeting in Belgrade, March 16th, 2024

Upcoming Conferences

ICCE 2025, Belgrade, Serbia: http://www.icce2025.com

The EuChemS Division on Chemistry and the Environment (DCE) is conducting a Europe-wide survey on university-based education in environmental chemistry (Bachelor-, Master – and PhD level). We, therefore invite all relevant member institutions and delegates to contribute and complete the questionnaire.

SURVEYS 2024

Survey on Environmental Chemistry in Higher Education: https://www.euchems.eu/dce-survey-on-ec-in-higher-education/

Contacts

Roland KallenbornProf. Dr. Roland Kallenborn, Chair of DCE
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Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivancev Tumbas, Treasurer
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Prof. Dr. Silvia Lacorte Bruguera, Vice-chair
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Willem de Lange.jpgMr. Willem de Lange, Secretary
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Prof. Dr. Ioannis A. Katsoyiannis, Past Chair of DCE
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Current EuCheMS-DCE Delegates