Prof. Dr. Dr. Vânia Zuin Zeidler

Professional Career

• 2022 on-going Full Professor at the Institute of Sustainable Chemistry (INSC), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
• 2020 - 2022 Visiting and Administrative Professor at the Institute of Sustainable Chemistry (INSC), Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
• 2013 - 2023 Visiting Professor at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, University of York (UoY), UK
• 2008 - 2022 Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
• 2005 - 2008 Research Fellow at the Centre for Education and Human Sciences (CECH), Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar), Brazil
• 2004 - 2005 Research Fellow at the Department of Analytical Chemistry, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ-Leipzig Halle), Germany 
• 2002 - 2004 Research Fellow at the São Carlos of Chemistry Institute, São Paulo University (USP) and Chemistry Institute, Campinas State University (UNICAMP), Brazil

Education

• 2006 - 2010 PhD in Education on the inclusion of the environmental dimension in chemistry education, São Paulo University (USP), Brazil
• 1997 - 2001 PhD in Analytical Chemistry on the development of environmentally friendly analytical methods for the determination of pesticides in Brazilian medicinal plants, São Paulo University (USP), Brazil, with a research internship at the Department of Drug Science and Technology, Turin University (UNITO), Italy
• 1994 - 1997 MSc in Analytical Chemistry on the determination of pentachlorophenol and hexachlorobenzene in superficial water from areas impacted by organochlorine residues, São Paulo University (USP), Brazil
• 1989 - 1993 Bachelor degree in Chemistry, São Paulo University (USP), Brazil
• 1989 - 1993 PGCE degree in Chemistry, São Paulo University (USP), Brazil

Committees and Coordination

• 2024 on-going Coordinator of the Master Program Sustainability Science: Resources, Materials and Chemistry (M.Sc.)  (Leuphana University)
• 2024 on-going Representative of the Leuphana Universitiy of Lüneburg at DWIH SP (Germany, Brazil)
• 2023 on-going Chair of the Doctoral Commission Dr. rer. nat. (Leuphana University)
• 2023 - 2024 Advisor of the Inter-Organization Programme for the Sound Management of Chemicals (IOCM)
• 2023 on-going Member of the the jury of the Elsevier Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge Award 2016 on-going: Chair of the jury of the Elsevier Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge Award 2016 on-going: Chair of the jury of the Elsevier Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge Award
• 2022 Member of the of the Falling Walls “Breakthroughs of the Year” (Berlin, Germany)
• 2020 on-going Member of the GSC Expert Group of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Brussels,
• 2022 on-going Pro-Dean of Gender and Diversity of the Faculty of Sustainability, Leuphana University, Germany
• 2021 - 2024 Member of the Board of the International Organization for Chemical Sciences in Development (IOCD, UNESCO)
• 2021 on-going Member of the Leadership Committee of Green Chemistry Teaching and Learning Community (GCTLC), Beyond Benign & ACS-GCI 
• 2020 on-going Affiliate Member of the IUPAC, USA
• 2019 Founding Director of the Field & Food Tech Hub - UFSCar, Brazil
• 2019 - 2024 Member of Scientific Board of the International Sustainable Chemistry Collaborative Centre (ISC3)
• 2019 on-going Member of the International Scientific Jury of the PhosAgro/UNESCO/IUPAC for Green Chemistry
• 2018 Member of the Jury of the Falling Walls Conference (Lab Brazil), German Ministry of Education and Research, Berlin Senator for Education, Science and Research, Robert Bosch Foundation, Helmholtz Association, etc.
• 2017 on-going Member of the Advisory Scientific Group of the UN-Environment
• 2017 on-going Member of the Global Green Chemistry Network (ITN GREEN-CHEM), Genth University, Belgium
• 2015 on-going Member of the Structuring Professoriate Board, Chemistry Department, UFSCar, Brazil
• 2013 on-going Member Advisory Board of the Club Humboldt Brazil (former Vice-President and President)
• 2012 - 2017 Founder and coordinator of the Green Chemistry Section, Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ), Brazil
• 2012 - 2017 Member of the IUPAC Subcommittee on Green Chemistry (SGC), USA
• 2011 - 2014 Referee (2011), adjunct and institutional coordinator of the National Didactic Book Program in Science (2013 and 2014) in Brazil
• 2010 - 2020 Advisor of the Interdisciplinary Area (CAInter) and the Environmental Sciences Area (CACiAmb) of CAPES, part of the Brazilian Ministry of Education (MEC), which is responsible for the evaluation of the Post-Graduate Course System in Brazil

Awards and Fellowships

• 2025 Creative Lead of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Residency Programme, Germany
• 2025 Green Chemistry Education Challenge Award by Dow and Beyond Benign, USA
• 2023 - 2024 Expert voice at Science Journal (AAAS) on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, USA)
• 2020 - 2021 Research fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Germany
• 2020 - 2020 Research fellowship Robert Bosch Foundation (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Germany
• 2018 - 2018 Research fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Leuphana University Lüneburg), Germany
• 2017 ACS-CEI Award, American Chemical Society´s Committee on Environmental Improvement (CEI), EUA
• 2015 Fellow Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), the UK
• 2015 57^o Jabuti Gold Prize (“Science & Technology”, Brazilian Chamber of Book), Brazil
• 2014 Honour and Merit Award for the academic contributions, UFSCar, Brazil
• 2014 CHEMRAWN VII Prize for Atmospheric and Green Chemistry, IUPAC, USA
• 2013 - 2023 Honorary Visiting Fellow at University of York, the UK
• 2012 Honour and Merit Award for the academic contributions, UFSCar, Brazil
• 2010 52^o Jabuti Bronze Prize (“Green Chemistry”, Brazilian Chamber of Book), Brazil
• 2010 Honour and Merit Award for the academic contributions, UFSCar, Brazil
• 2005 - 2008 Research fellowship Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
• 2004 - 2005 Research fellowship Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (UFZ-Leipzig Halle), Germany
• 2002 - 2004 Research fellowship São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp), Brazil
• 1997 - 2001 PhD fellowship + Doctoral International Exchange Program Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
• 1994 - 1997 MSc Fellowship Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Brazil
• 1992 - 1993 Student Fellowship Brazilian Funding Authority for Studies and Projects (FINEP), Brazil
• 1991 - 1992 Student Fellowship National Council for scientific and Technological Development (CNPq), Brazil

Scientific Journals

• 2024 on-going Associate editor of the scientific peer reviewed journal Sustainability & Circularity Now (Thieme)
• 2021 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Royal Society Open Science (Royal Society Publishing)
• 2020 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Elsevier)
• 2020 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
• 2017 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Chemistry Education Research and Practice (RSC)
• 2017 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy (Elsevier), and from 2020 – 2024 Associated Editor
• 2017 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry (Elsevier)
• 2016 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Chemistry Central / BMC Chemistry Journal (Springer Nature), since 2020 Section Editor on Green Chemistry & Sustainability
• 2015 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Green Chemistry (RSC)
• 2015 on-going Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Eurasian Journal of Physics and Chemistry Education (EJPCE, iSER)
• 2013 - 2021 Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Química (Alinea Publisher)
• 2009 on-going Co-founder and Member Editorial Board of the scientific peer reviewed journal Pesquisa em Educação Ambiental (UFSCar, USP, UNESP)

* Referee of more than 45 journals, e.g., Nature Nanotechnology (Nature), Nature Reviews Bioengineering (Nature), Science (AAAS), Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry (Taylor & Francis), Analytica Chimica Acta (Elsevier), RSC Advances, Sustainable Energy & Fuels (RSC), Chemical Science (RSC)

Research Projects

> 45 Research projects including many national and international partners, funded by third parties such as:

• FAPESP (equivalent to DFG in Germany)
• Newton Fund (UK)
• CAPES(Brazil)
• CNPq (Brazil)
• Companies and institutes (e.g., Alana, Brazil)

List of the last and most relevant financial grants awarded

• 2025 Beyond Benign Greening Labs (Coord.)
• 2024 on-going Transformation – regeneration program (Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Member)
• 2020 - 2021 Alexander von Humboldt and Robert Bosh Foundation (Coord.)
• 2020 - 2021 CAPES 465789/2019 Green and Sustainable Chemistry towards the bio-circular economy (Coord.)
• 2019 - 2021 Alana Foundation 3112.105284/2019-86 Plasticized Childhood (Coord.)
• 2018 - 2021 FAPESP 2017/25015-1: Design and application of green methods for the extraction of high value-added organic compounds from agro-industrial residues (Coord.)
• 2018 - 2021 CNPq 310149/2017-7: Green Chemistry & Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) (Coord.)
• 2018 on-going FAPESP-Newton Fund RCUK 2018/21201-8: Novel delivery of phytochemicals for sustainable crop protection (Member)
• 2018 on-going FAPESP - Newton Fund RCUK 2017/50452-6: Chemical study of insect plant interactions: a contribution to biorational control of crop pests (Member)
• 2017 on-going FAPESP-CNPq 14/50918-7:  INCT Biorational control of pest-insect (Member)
• 2015 - 2016 FAPESP-EPSRC-RCUK 14/50827-1: From orange waste to chemicals: contributions of an integrated biorefinery approach towards sustainable development in Brazil (Vice-Coord.)

Miscellaneous

Scientific Reviewer for (selection)

• Fapesp, CAPES, CNPq, Volkswagen Foundation, National Ministries e.g., Brazilian Ministry of Education and Health, National Research Councils (countries from various continents, e.g., Chile, South Africa, Canada, USA, Poland, Israel, Finland…) Foundations

Coverage of own research in the media

• Many times, in International and national TV, radio stations and digital media (websites, podcasts, documentaries and talks promoted by e.g., UN available in YouTube, etc.)
• Regional, national and international newspapers as well as scientific journals [e.g., International Chemistry, IUPAC, ACS]
• Many Lectures for the general public