Dr. Zala Schmautz

Dr. Zala Schmautz

ZHAW Life Sciences und Facility Management
Institut für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil

+41 58 934 59 28
zala.schmautz@zhaw.ch

Arbeit an der ZHAW

Tätigkeit

Dozentin und Co-Leiterin Forschungsgruppe Aquakultursysteme

Arbeits- und Forschungsschwerpunkte

Nährstoffrecycling
Wasseranalysen und Wasserchemie
Bodenlose Pflanzenanbau (Hydroponik, Aquaponik, Bioponik)
Vertikale Landwirtschaft und Pflanzenanbau in Innenräumen

Lehrtätigkeit in der Weiterbildung

Workshop Aquaponik

Aus- und Weiterbildung

Ausbildung

Doktorin der Wissenschaften / Umweltsystemwissenschaften
ETH Zürich
09 / 2016 - 02 / 2021
Master's degree / Sanitary Engineering (Public Health and Environmental Health Professional)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 / 2013 - 04 / 2015
Bachelor's degree / Sanitary Engineering (Public and Environmental Health Professional)
Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
10 / 2009 - 09 / 2013

Netzwerk

Mitglied in Netzwerken

European aquaculture society

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0672-7086

Auszeichnungen

Hans Vontobel-preis 2022
ETH Zürich
05 / 2022

Social Media

Projekte

Publikationen

Beiträge in wissenschaftlicher Zeitschrift, peer-reviewed

Carron, G. et al. (2026) 'Trade-offs between yield, physiological performance, and quality in basil (Ocimum basilicum) cultivated in hydroponic versus conventional soil-based greenhouse system', Frontiers in Agronomy, 8(1866628). doi: 10.3389/fagro.2026.1866628.
Junge, R., Schmautz, Z. and Milliken, S. (2024) 'Toward nutrient cycling from organic waste streams for soilless cultivation', Current Opinion in Food Science, 61(101257). doi: 10.1016/j.cofs.2024.101257.
Gartmann, F. et al. (2023) 'Bioponics – an organic closed-loop soilless cultivation system : yields and characteristics compared to hydroponics and soil cultivation', Agronomy, 13(6), p. 1436. doi: 10.3390/agronomy13061436.
Folorunso, E. A. et al. (2023) 'The economic viability of commercial-scale hydroponics : Nigeria as a case study', Heliyon, 9(8), p. e18979. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e18979.
Bruni, L. et al. (2023) 'The effect of nutrient source and beneficial bacteria on growth of Pythium-exposed lettuce at high salt stress', Water, 15(11), p. 2109. doi: 10.3390/w15112109.
Schmautz, Z. et al. (2022) 'Microbial diversity across compartments in an aquaponic system and its connection to the nitrogen cycle', Science of the Total Environment, 852(158426). doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158426.
Schmautz, Z. et al. (2021) 'Nitrogen transformations across compartments of an aquaponic system', Aquacultural Engineering, 92(102145). doi: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2021.102145.
Schmautz, Z. et al. (2021) 'Environmental parameters and microbial community profiles as indication towards microbial activities and diversity in aquaponic system compartments', BMC Microbiology, 21(12). doi: 10.1186/s12866-020-02075-0.
Eck, M. et al. (2019) 'Exploring bacterial communities in aquaponic systems', Water, 11(2), p. 260. doi: 10.3390/w11020260.
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.
Nicoletto, C. et al. (2018) 'Babyleaf NFT production and water management in aquaponic system', Acta Horticulturae, pp. 159–164. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1215.30.
Nicoletto, C. et al. (2018) 'Extension of aquaponic water use for NFT baby-leaf production : mizuna and rocket salad', Agronomy, 8(5), p. 75. doi: 10.3390/agronomy8050075.
Maucieri, C. et al. (2018) 'Hydroponic systems and water management in aquaponics : a review', Italian Journal of Agronomy, 13(1/1012). doi: 10.4081/ija.2018.1012.
Nozzi, V. et al. (2018) 'Nutrient management in aquaponics : comparison of three approaches for cultivating lettuce, mint and mushroom herb', Agronomy, 8(3), p. 27. doi: 10.3390/agronomy8030027.
Maucieri, C. et al. (2017) 'Vegetable intercropping in a small-scale aquaponic system', Agronomy, 7(4), p. 63. doi: 10.3390/agronomy7040063.
Schmautz, Z. et al. (2017) 'Microbial diversity in different compartments of an aquaponics system', Archives of Microbiology, 199(4), pp. 613–620. doi: 10.1007/s00203-016-1334-1.
Schmautz, Z. et al. (2016) 'Tomato productivity and quality in aquaponics : comparison of three hydroponic methods', Water, 8(11). doi: 10.3390/w8110533.
Goddek, S. et al. (2016) 'The effect of anaerobic and aerobic fish sludge supernatant on hydroponic lettuce', Agronomy, 6(2). doi: 10.3390/agronomy6020037.
Goddek, S. et al. (2016) 'Navigating towards decoupled aquaponic systems : a system dynamics design approach', Water, 8(7). doi: 10.3390/w8070303.

Buchbeiträge, peer-reviewed

Némethy, S. et al. (2016) 'Protecting plants from pests and diseases in aquaponic systems', in Łabaj, M., Sobczuk, S., and Fabin, A. (eds) Ecological Footprint in Central Europe. Sucha Beskidzka: The University College of Tourism and Ecology Press, pp. 166–179.