Making chemical processes more environmentally friendly
The Sustainable chemistry group deals with a wide range of research issues and carries out projects in various subject areas. These include the use of advanced oxidation processes (AOP) in water and wastewater treatment, the removal of perpetual chemicals (PFAS) using special adsorption technology and the microbial degradation of these compounds. We act as an integrative interface to the research groups of the Institute for Ecopreneurship and across the FHNW.
Projects
Detecting ultra short-chain perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs) in water
Automated GC-MS/MS analysis for targeted PFCA monitoring
- Institute
- Institute for Ecopreneurship, Institute for Chemistry and Bioanalytics
- Research field
- Instrumental analytics, Sustainable chemistry
Removing PFAS from water
Adieu PFAS: a disruptive removal concept
- Institute
- Institute for Ecopreneurship
- Research field
- Sustainable chemistry
Center of Excellence for Circular Economy in Life Science
The Centre of Excellence for Circular Economy in Life Science develops and implements circular solutions across the entire value chain, from concept to implementation.
- Institute
- Institute for Ecopreneurship
- Research field
- Sustainable chemistry
Contact
Prof. Dr. Marco Rupprich
Head of Institute for Ecopreneurship, Group leader and lecturer, Sustainable chemistry
- Phone
- +41 61 228 60 75
- marco.rupprich@fhnw.ch
Team
Dr. Boris Kolvenbach
Research Associate in environmental biotechnology
- Phone
- +41 61 228 56 76
- boris.kolvenbach@fhnw.ch
News, stories and events
Conference/Congress
PFAS Summit 2026
Connecting science, analysis and solutions
- Date
- 19.11.2026, 09:00–18:00
- Place
- Campus Muttenz