Dr. Roman Grüter

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Research Associate at Geography of Food Research Group
• Head of Master Research Unit (MRU) Agroecology and Food Systems

Focus

Crop suitability

Teaching

• Head Master Research Unit (MRU) Agroecology and Food Systems (MSc ENR)
• Head of Module Agrobiodiversity Summer School
• Head of Module World Food Systems (BSc UI)
• Head of Module Agriculture in Transition (from 2026 on, BSc UI)

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Soil Protection
  Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich
  11 / 2013 - 09 / 2017
• MSc / Environmental Sciences
  Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2010 - 08 / 2013
• Bachelor / Environmental Sciences
  Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2007 - 05 / 2012

Continuing Education

• CAS Didactics of Higher Education
  PH Zurich
  09 / 2020
• CAS Geographic Information Systems
  Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich
  05 / 2018

Projects

• Standortanalyse Rebbau in den Kantonen Aargau, Bern und Zug / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Tierische Produkte und ihre pflanzlichen Alternativprodukte im Vergleich: Preis-und Kostenstrukturen / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• MOVING – Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Team member / Project ongoing
• Agrobiodiversity Summer School / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Klimawandelauswirkungen im Pfefferanbau - eine globale Eignungsanalyse / Project leader / Project completed
• Future Foods Schweiz / Project leader / Project completed
• Förderung von Foodcoops in Zürich / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Kohlenstoffbilanz von Gemüse- und Obstbaubetrieben im landwirtschaftlichen Kontext / Deputy project leader / Project completed
• Offensive Spezialkulturen / Project leader / Project completed
• EXTRA - Extreme weather events in agriculture / Project leader / Project completed
• Basismodell Agrarsystem Schweiz / Project leader / Project completed
• Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment / Team member / Project completed
• CONSUS / Project leader / Project completed
• Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Grüter, Roman; Trachsel, Tim; Laube, Patrick; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2022.

  Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change.

  PLOS ONE.

  17(1), pp. e0261976.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261976

• Costerousse, Benjamin; Quattrini, Joel; Grüter, Roman; Frossard, Emmanuel; Thonar, Cécile,

  2021.

  Green manure effect on the ability of native and inoculated soil bacteria to mobilize zinc for wheat uptake (Triticum aestivum L.).

  Plant and Soil.

  467, pp. 287-309.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05078-6

• Jaisli, Isabel; Grüter, Roman; Oehen, Bernadette; Pintar, Marina; Kontrakere Basegowda, Umesh,

  2021.

  Geography of food summer school : international exchange for sustainable food value chains

  .

  In:

  Leal Filho, W.; Salvia, A.L.; Brandli, L.; Azeiteiro, U.; Pretorius, R., eds.,

  Universities, Sustainability and Society : Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

  Springer.

  pp. 107-122.

  World Sustainability Series.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_8

• Felder, Beat; Grüter, Roman; Schumacher, Peter,

  2023.

  Luzern : moderner Weinbaukanton mit Potenzial.

  Obst- und Weinbau.

  2023(6), pp. 6-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27784

• Grüter, Roman; Veith, Claudia,

  2021.

  Klimawandel in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft : bereits jetzt anpassen?.

  e-agil.

  2021(1), pp. 9.

  Available from: https://www.1kcloud.com/ep160811ac63ef05/#1

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