René Schwarzenbach


René P. Schwarzenbach in Erlenbach
is a swiss chemist. He is professor emeritus of environmental chemistry and is the head of the
department of environmental sciences at the ETH Zürich.
Schwarzenbach received his Ph.D. 1973 at the department of chemistry at the ETH Zürich.
In 1977 he has accepted a position at Eawag, where he worked until 2006.
Since the year 2000 he has been entered in the database
Highly Cited Researchers of the
Institute for Scientific Information. 2001 he has received the SETAC Environmental
Education Award. 2006 he has received «Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science & Technology»
of the American Chemical Society.
A special issue of Environmental Science & Technology has been devoted to
Prof. Schwarzenbach in july 2013.

Selected publications