Dr. Dominik Refardt
Dr. Dominik Refardt
ZHAW
Life Sciences und Facility Management
Institut für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Arbeit an der ZHAW
Tätigkeit
Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte
Lehrtätigkeit
- Bachelor Umweltingenieurwesen
- Master of Science in Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen
- Bachelor Applied Digital Life Sciences
Berufserfahrung
- Dozent
Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
01 / 2016 - heute - Leiter der Forschungsgruppe Aquakultursysteme
Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
06 / 2015 - 07 / 2025 - Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
08 / 2012 - 12 / 2015 - Postdoctoral Researcher
ETH Zürich
06 / 2008 - 07 / 2012 - Postdoctoral Researcher
Auckland University und Massey University, Neuseeland
01 / 2006 - 05 / 2008
Aus- und Weiterbildung
Ausbildung
- Doktorat / Biologie
Universität Fribourg
05 / 2001 - 01 / 2006 - Diplom / Biologie
Universität Basel
09 / 1995 - 04 / 2001
Weiterbildung
- Führungsausbildung
Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften
01 / 2020 - CAS Hochschuldidaktik
Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich
01 / 2017
Netzwerk
Mitglied in Netzwerken
- Schweizer Jugend forscht (Fachexperte Biologie und Umwelt)
- European Algae Biomass Association EABA
- TecDay
- ChorBasel
ORCID digital identifier
Social Media
Projekte
- Food-Energy-wAter-healTh innovations for sustainable development in AFRICA / Teammitglied / laufend
- AquaChain – Connecting the trophic levels of a freshwater aquaculture food chain / Projektleiter:in / laufend
- Sustainable Carotenoids from Microalgae / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Novel method for geosmin reduction using probiotics in aquaculture / Stellv. Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Etablierung analytischer Methoden für die Aquakultur / Stellv. Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Sustainable algal proteins produced on potato and other controlled agri-food streams / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Förderung des Seesaiblings im Zürichsee / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
- AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
- Ökotechnologie Living Lab: Forschung an der Schnittstelle zwischen Ökologie, Ingenieurskunst und Nutzer:innen / Teammitglied / abgeschlossen
- Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains / Co-Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Fischzucht mit Denitrifikation / Stellv. Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Nachhaltig produzierte Wasserlinsen als mögliche neue Proteinquelle für die Aquakultur / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Stabilized Lipids from Microalgae / Stellv. Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Fish Welfare / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Verknüpfung der Mikroalgenkultivierung mit landwirtschaftlicher Biogasproduktion / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Nachhaltige Kultivierung von Mikroalgen zur Energiegewinnung / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
- Phototrophe Kultivierung von Mikroalgen im Pilotmassstab / Projektleiter:in / abgeschlossen
Publikationen
Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed
- Mirzaei, M. et al. (2024) 'Biodesalination of saline aquaculture wastewater with simultaneous nutrient removal and biomass production using the microalgae Arthrospira and Dunaliella in a circular economy approach', Desalination, 581(117564). doi: 10.1016/j.desal.2024.117564.
- Mariotto, M. et al. (2023) 'Cultivation of the PHB-producing cyanobacterium Synechococcus leopoliensis in a pilot-scale open system using nitrogen from waste streams', Algal Research, 70(103013). doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2023.103013.
- Stadtlander, T. et al. (2023) 'Partial replacement of fishmeal with duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) in feed for two carnivorous fish species, Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)', Aquaculture Research, 2023(6680943). doi: 10.1155/2023/6680943.
- Pulgarin, A. et al. (2022) 'Effective removal of the rotifer Brachionus calyciflorus from a Chlorella vulgaris microalgal culture by homogeneous solar photo-Fenton at neutral pH', Water Research, 226(119301). doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2022.119301.
- Kupczok, A. et al. (2022) 'Co-transfer of functionally interdependent genes contributes to genome mosaicism in lambdoid phages', Microbial Genomics, 8(11), p. 000915. doi: 10.1099/mgen.0.000915.
- Pulgarin, A. et al. (2021) 'Cultivation of microalgae at high-density with pretreated liquid digestate as a nitrogen source : fate of nitrogen and improvements on growth limitations', Journal of Cleaner Production, 324. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129238.
- Wendling, C. C., Refardt, D. and Hall, A. R. (2021) 'Fitness benefits to bacteria of carrying prophages and prophage‐encoded antibiotic‐resistance genes peak in different environments', Evolution, 75(2), pp. 515–528. doi: 10.1111/evo.14153.
- Tschirren, L. et al. (2021) 'MyFishCheck : a model to assess fish welfare in aquaculture', Animals, 11(1), p. 145. doi: 10.3390/ani11010145.
- Tejido-Nuñez, Y. et al. (2020) 'Co-cultivation of microalgae in aquaculture water : interactions, growth and nutrient removal efficiency at laboratory- and pilot-scale', Algal Research, 49(101940). doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2020.101940.
- Pulgarin, A. et al. (2020) 'A novel proposition for a citrate-modified photo-Fenton process against bacterial contamination of microalgae cultures', Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 265(118615). doi: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118615.
- Tejido-Nuñez, Y. et al. (2019) 'Treatment of aquaculture effluent with Chlorella vulgaris and Tetradesmus obliquus : the effect of pretreatment on microalgae growth and nutrient removal efficiency', Ecological Engineering, 136, pp. 1–9. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.05.021.
- Egloff, S. et al. (2018) 'High-density cultivation of microalgae continuously fed with unfiltered water from a recirculating aquaculture system', Algal Research, 34, pp. 68–74. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.07.004.
- Pleška, M. et al. (2018) 'Phage–host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity', Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2(2), pp. 359–366. doi: 10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z.
- Peng, G. et al. (2017) 'Catalytic supercritical water gasification : continuous methanization of Chlorella vulgaris', Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56(21), pp. 6256–6265. doi: 10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00042.
- Wendling, C. C. et al. (2017) 'Tripartite species interaction : eukarotic hosts suffer more from phage susceptible than from phage resistant bacteria', BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17(1), p. 98. doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-0930-2.
- Damergi, E. et al. (2017) 'Extraction of carotenoids from Chlorella vulgaris using green solvents and syngas production from residual biomass', Algal Research, 25, pp. 488–495. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2017.05.003.
- Bagnoud-Velásquez, M. et al. (2015) 'Opportunities for Switzerland to contribute to the production of algal biofuels : the hydrothermal pathway to bio-methane', Chimia, 69(10), pp. 614–621. doi: 10.2533/chimia.2015.614.
Weitere Publikationen
- Refardt, D. (2022) 'Lab life : when your PhD (almost) falls apart', eLife, 11, p. e81548. doi: 10.7554/eLife.81548.
- Montpart Planell, N., Membrez, Y. and Refardt, D. (2015) Production de spiruline à la ferme : produire de la spiruline à la ferme grâce au digestat et à la chaleur excédentaire d'une installation de biogaz. Bern: Bundesamt für Energie. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-2655.
- Graber, A. et al. (2013) 'Potential of algae turf scrubbers (ATS™) for elimination of phosphorus from swimming ponds', in Borin, M. et al. (eds) Wetland Systems Ecology, Functioning and Management. Padova: P.A.N., pp. 29–30. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-1612.
Publikationen vor Tätigkeit an der ZHAW
- Vávra, J., M. Hylis, I. Fiala, D. Refardt, R. Larsson. 2016. Microsporidia in a woodland pool I. Lanatospora costata sp. n. (Opisthosporidia, Microsporidia), parasite of Megacyclops viridis (Crustacea, Copepoda): fine structure and molecular phylogeny. Acta Protozool 55:269-280
- Armanious, A., M. Aeppli, J. Ronald, D. Refardt, T. Sigstam, T. Kohn & M. Sander. 2016. Viruses at solid-water interfaces: A systematic assessment of interactions driving adsorption. Env Sci Tech 50:732-743
- Haag, K.L., T.Y. James, J.-F. Pombert, R. Larsson, T.M.M. Schaer, D. Refardt & D. Ebert. 2014. Evolution of a morphological novelty occurred before genome compaction in a lineage of extreme parasites. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111:15480–15485
- Refardt, D. & R. Kümmerli. 2013. Defying bacteriophages: contrasting altruistic with individual-based resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli. Communicative & Integrative Biology 6:e25159
- Refardt, D., T. Bergmiller & R. Kümmerli. 2013. Altruism can evolve when relatedness is low: Evidence from bacteria committing suicide upon phage infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280:20123035
- Refardt, D. 2012. Real-time quantitative PCR to discriminate and quantify lambdoid bacteriophages of Escherichia coli K-12. Bacteriophage 2:98-104
- Refardt, D. 2012. Combining forces to target bacteria (invited commentary). Evolutionary Applications 5:537-539
- Refardt, D. & D. Ebert. 2012. The impact of infection on host competition and its relationship to parasite persistence in a Daphnia microparasite system. Evol Ecol 26:95-107
- Refardt, D. 2011. Within-host competition determines reproductive success of temperate bacteriophages. ISME Journal 5:1451-1460
- Haag, K.L., J.I.R. Larsson, D. Refardt & D. Ebert. 2011. Cytological and molecular description of Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis gen. et sp. nov., a microsporidian parasite of Daphnia magna, and establishment of Hamiltosporidium magnivora comb. nov. Parasitology 138:447-462
- Refardt, D. & P.B. Rainey. 2010. Tuning a genetic switch: Experimental evolution and natural variation of prophage induction. Evolution 64:1086-1097
- Refardt, D., E. Decaestecker, P.T.J. Johnson & J. Vávra. 2008. Morphology, molecular phylogeny, and ecology of Binucleata daphniae n. g., n. sp (Fungi: Microsporidia), a parasite of Daphnia magna Straus, 1820 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55:393-408
- Refardt, D. & D. Ebert. 2007. Inference of parasite local adaptation using two different fitness components. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:921-929
- Refardt, D. & L. Mouton. 2007. Reverse arrangement of rRNA subunits in the microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54:83-85
- Refardt, D. & D. Ebert. 2006. Quantitative PCR to detect, discriminate and quantify intracellular parasites in their host: an example from three microsporidians in Daphnia. Parasitology 133:11-18
- Zbinden, M., S. Lass, D. Refardt, J. Hottinger & D. Ebert. 2005. Octosporea bayeri: fumidil B inhibits vertical transmission in Daphnia magna. Experimental Parasitology 109:58-61
- Mucklow, P.T., D.B. Vizoso, K.H. Jensen, D. Refardt & D. Ebert. 2004. Variation in phenoloxidase activity and its relation to parasite resistance within and between populations of Daphnia magna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 271:1175-1183
- Canning, E.U., D. Refardt, C.R. Vossbrinck, B. Okamura & A. Curry. 2004. Correction for genus Bryonosema (Microsporidia, Pseudonosematidae). European Journal of Protistology 40:69-69
- Canning, E.U., D. Refardt, C.R. Vossbrinck, B. Okamura & A. Curry. 2002. New diplokaryotic microsporidia (Phylum Microsporidia) from freshwater bryozoans (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata). European Journal of Protistology 38:247-265
- Refardt, D., E.U. Canning, A. Mathis, S.A. Cheney, N.J. Lafranchi-Tristem & D. Ebert. 2002. Small subunit ribosomal DNA phylogeny of microsporidia that infect Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera). Parasitology 124:381-389
- Canning, E.U., A. Curry, S.A. Cheney, N.J. Lafranchi-Tristem, D. Ebert, D. Refardt, M. Killick-Kendrick, R. Killick-Kendrick. 2001. Flabelliforma montana (Phylum Microsporidia) from Phlebotomus ariasi (Diptera, Psychodidae): Ultrastructural observations and phylogenetic relationships. European Journal of Protistology 37:207-221