Sustainable Products & Material Flows
Prof. Dr. Dirk Bunke
Senior Researcher
Special Expertise
Main areas of research:
- Sustainable chemistry
- Implementation and further development of REACH
- Product and technology assessment
Topics:
- Hazards of chemicals for humans and the environment
- Business support in chemicals management
- Substitution of problematic chemicals
- Education for sustainable development
Methods:
- Human and ecotoxicological substance evaluation, risk assessment, substance evaluation
- Scientific foresight
- Technology assessment
- Transdisciplinary sustainability research
Key Projects
- Maintenance of the EUROSTAT Chemical Indicator Set
- Yesterday PCBs – today PFCs and brominated flame retardants – and tomorrow?
- REACH Radar Plus – Support for SMEs on problematic substances, detection, substitution, conformity testing
- REACHplus: Proposals for the updating and further development of the European Chemicals Regulation after 2018 and strategies for implementation
- Preparation and contribution to Germany’s input to the Global Sustainable Development Report (GSDR)
- Solutions for present and future emerging pollutants in land and water resources management
- PBT – quo vadis? Review and update of the PBT assessment approach for the identification of environmental SVHC
- Contribution to the Green Economy by sustainability of companies in the chemical industry: Selection of substances or processes on the basis of the criteria for a sustainable chemistry developed by the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA)
Professional Training and Career
- 2010: Appointment as Associate Professor at the University of Education Freiburg, teaching there since 2010
- 2008-2010: Assistant Professor at the University of Education Freiburg
- 2003-2008: Assistant Professor at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen
- 2000-2003: Postdoc at Justus Liebig University (JLU) Giessen
- Since 1991: Researcher at Öko-Institut, Sustainable Products & Material Flows Division
- 1990-1991: Diploma studies in Environmental Science and Technology, Institute for Hydraulic and Engineering, Delft
- 1987-1990: PhD studies on "Molecular Biology of Alzheimer's Disease", University of Heidelberg; degree: Dr. rer. nat.
- 1981-1987: Diploma studies in chemistry, University of Cologne; degree: Dipl.-Chemiker (Diploma in Chemistry)
Language Skills
English
Contact
Prof. Dr. Dirk Bunke
- Sustainable Products & Material Flows
- Senior Researcher
- Freiburg
- +49 761 45295-246
