Following his graduation from Hochschule Offenburg, Tushar Rastogi earned his doctoral degree at Leuphana Universität at Lüneburg/Germany and is currently employed there at the Institut für nachhaltige Chemie und Umweltchemie as a research associate.
The GDCh’s subject division of Environmental Chemistry and <link http: www.linguee.de englisch-deutsch uebersetzung ecotoxicology.html>Ecotoxicology awarded Dr. Rastogi’s publication, “Re-Designing of Existing Pharmaceuticals for Environmental Biodegradability: A Tiered Approach with ? Blocker Propranolol as an Example.” The publication was part of Dr. Rastogi’s dissertation research as a member of the work group headed by Professor Dr. Klaus Kümmerer at Lüneburg.
The Paul-Crutzen-Preis, endowed with € 1,500, has been awarded annually since 2009. Since 2011, it is named after the Nobel Prize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul J. Crutzen, known for his work on climate change. The prize recognizes outstanding research work in the field of environmental chemistry and ecotoxicology.
Dr. Rastogi has demonstrated that small molecular alteration in the existing pharmaceutical’s structure could incorporate the addition attribute such as degradability in the environment while still retaining the desired therapeutic effect. The study was a proof of concept of Benign by Design approach, which is an important concept within green and sustainable pharmacy and chemistry and promises a solution to the global challenge of occurrence of pharmaceutical residue in the environment.
Reference:Rastogi, T., Leder, C., Kümmerer, K., 2015. Re-Designing of existing Pharmaceuticals for Environmental Biodegradability: A tiered approach with ?-Blocker Propranolol as an example. Environ. Sci. Technol., 49, 11756?11763. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b03051
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