René P. Schwarzenbach (born 18 December 1945) in Erlenbach is a Swiss chemist. He is professor emeritus of environmental chemistry and a former head of the department of environmental sciences at the

ETH Zürich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ra ...

. Schwarzenbach received his Ph.D. 1973 at the department of chemistry at the ETH Zürich.René P. Schwarzenbach: ''Beitrag zur Automatisation im organisch-analytischen Laboratorium; Echtzeitdatenerfassungssystem für die niederauflösende Massenspektrometrie''. Diss. Techn.Wiss. ETH Zürich, Nr. 5204, 1973, . In 1977 he has accepted a position at the

Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag, German acronym for ''Eidgenössische Anstalt für Wasserversorgung, Abwasserreinigung und Gewässerschutz'') is a Swiss water research institute and an internationally network ...

(Eawag), where he worked until 2006. Since 2000 he has been listed in the database of Highly Cited Researchers published by the

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(ISI). In 2001 he received the SETAC Environmental Education Award. In 2006 he received the Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science & Technology from the

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. A special issue of the ACS journal ''

Environmental Science & Technology ''Environmental Science & Technology'' is a biweekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published since 1967 by the American Chemical Society. It covers research in environmental science and environmental technology, including environmental policy. ...

'' was devoted to Schwarzenbach in July 2013.Environmental Science & Technology, Vol. 47, Iss. 13

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Living people Swiss chemists Academic staff of ETH Zurich 1945 births {{chemist-stub