Prof. Dr. Urs Baier

Prof. Dr. Urs Baier
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Fachstelle Umweltbiotechnologie
Einsiedlerstrasse 29
8820 Wädenswil
Personal profile
Management role
Head, Environmental Biotechnology
Position at the ZHAW
Lecturer
www.zhaw.ch/icbt/umweltbiotech
Expertise and research interests
Domestic & Industrial Wastewater Treatment / Ecological Sanitation
Ecotoxicology / Biodegradation / Bioplastics
Aerobic & Anaerobic Waste Treatment / Biogas / Composting
Biomass Management / Biofuels
Educational background
1987 PhD ETHZ, Zurich
1982 dipl. sc. nat. ETHZ, Mayor in Biotechnology, Zurich
Professional milestones
1986 - 1994 Head R&D, UTB Umwelttechnik Buchs AG, Buchs, CH
Membership of networks
- SCCER BIOSWEET - Biomass for Swiss Energy Future
- Biomasse Suisse - Schweizer Branchenverband für die sinnvolle Nutzung von Biomasse
- IWA International Water Association
- DWA Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall
- vsa Verband Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute
- WWF World Wildlife Fund
- Greenpeace International
- EMK Evangelisch Methodistische Kirche
Projects
- Prozessoptimierung Fischschlammvergärung / Team member / Project ongoing
- FEET – Hydrothermal carbonization as a sustainable solution for faecal waste treatment / Team member / Project ongoing
- Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Wastewater (Siegfried AG) / Project leader / Project ongoing
- Preproject Netz: Nutrient and Energy Technology Centre / Team member / Project ongoing
- HYKOM – Combination of Hygienisation and Hydrolysis as Pretreatment steps for liquid Substrates prior to Anaerobic Digestion. / Project co-leader / Project ongoing
- Operational optimization of a composting plant in Costa Rica / Project leader / Project ongoing
- BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains) / Team member / Project ongoing
- CarbonATE - microbiological methanation / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- DACH Neocallimastigomycota / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- SFOE mandate for the "Energy from biogas" working group of the International Energy Agency (2019-2021) / Project leader / Project completed
- Inspectorate for composting and fermentation plants / Team member / Project completed
- Food Waste Indicators and Data Monitoring Concept / Team member / Project completed
- Energy from Biogas / Project leader / Project completed
- BioCat Nutrient supplementation / Project leader / Project completed
- Prozessüberwachung der Faulung inkl. Co-Vergärung (Faulung) / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- MOSTCH4: Mini Onsite System To valorize manure in methane / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- HTC Innovationscampus Rheinmühle - Pilotanlage zur Hydrothermalen Karbonisierung / Project leader / Project completed
- Development of a Training for the Green Waste Industry / Project leader / Project completed
- LeMiG - Food waste in Swiss green waste / Project leader / Project completed
- SCCER BIOSWEET - Biogas / Project leader / Project completed
- Oiling of sewage sludge / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Biogas2Algae / Team member / Project completed
- Persistence of Neophytes in anaerobic Digestion and composting / Team member / Project completed
- Vergärung von TNP der Micarna AG / Team member / Project completed
- Microbial Hydrolysis of fibre-rich Biomass prior to Anaerobic Digestion / Project leader / Project completed
- New Markets for liquid digestate / Project leader / Project completed
- Evaluation of the suitability of Bioplastics for anaerobic digestion and composting / Project leader / Project completed
- Renewable Methene for Transport and Mobility / Project leader / Project completed
- Schwermetalle in Schweizer Grüngut / Project leader / Project completed
- Heavy Metals in Biowaste in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
- Microbial hydrolysis of unsorted municipal solid waste / Team member / Project completed
- Emission Potential of liquid Digestate / Project leader / Project completed
- Organis Wastes in the Swiss Food Industry / Project leader / Project completed
- Process Intensification of anaerobic digestion of manure / Project leader / Project completed
- Biogas from Animal Byproducts / Team member / Project completed
- Optimization of an anaerobic membrane digester / Project leader / Project completed
- Hygiene Risk of liquid Digestate / Project leader / Project completed
- Digestate Post Treatment / Project leader / Project completed
- Recycling of Vegetable Proecessing Wastewater / Project leader / Project completed
- Biogenic Goods in Switzerland - Update 2014 / Project leader / Project completed
- Material Flow Analysis of Biogenic Goods in the Canton of Glarus, Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
- Optimization of anaerobic digestion / Project leader / Project completed
- Organic Waste Treatment Plants as Hygiene Barriers / Project leader / Project completed
- Management of Biomass and Nutrient Flows in Switzerland / Team member / Project completed
- Anaerobic Treatment of Domestic Wastewaters / Project leader / Project completed
- Biomass Pollutants in Switzerland / Project leader / Project completed
- Manure Digestion in a Membrane Bioreactor / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Burg, Vanessa; Bowman, Gillianne; Haubensak, Michael; Baier, Urs; Thees, Oliver,
2018.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling.
136,
pp. 53-62.
Available from : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.04.004
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Holliger, Christof; Alves, Madalena; Andrade, Diana; Angelidaki, Irini; Astals, Sergi; Baier, Urs; Bougrier, Claire; Buffiere, Pierre; Carballa, Marta; de Wilde, Vinnie; Ebertseder, Florian; Fernandez, Belén; Ficara, Elena; Fotidis, Ioannis; Frigon, Jean-Claude; de Laclos, Hélène Fruteau; Ghasimi, Dara S. M.; Hack, Gabrielle; Hartel, Mathias; Heerenklage, Joern; Horvath, Ilona Sarvari; Jenicek, Pavel; Koch, Konrad; Krautwald, Judith ; Lizasoain, Javier; Liu, Jing; Mosberger, Lona ; Nistor, Mihaela; Oechsner, Hans; Oliveira, João Vítor; Paterson, Mark; Pauss, André; Pommier, Sébastien; Porqueddu, Isabella; Raposo, Francisco; Ribeiro, Thierry; Rüsch Pfund, Florian ; Stromberg, Sten; Torrijos, Michel; van Eekert, Miriam; van Lier, Jules; Wedwitschka, Harald; Wierinck, Isabella,
2016.
Towards a standardization of biomethane potential tests .
Water Science and Technology.
74(11),
pp. 2515-2522.
Available from : https://doi.org/10.2166/wst.2016.336
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Beretta, Claudio; Stoessel, Franziska; Baier, Urs; Hellweg, Stefanie,
2013.
Quantifying food losses and the potential for reduction in Switzerland .
Waste Management.
33(3),
pp. 764-773.
Available from : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wasman.2012.11.007
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Baier, Urs,
2011.
Waste generation, treatment options and environmental impact of single-use systems
.
In:
Eibl-Schindler, Regine; Eibl, Dieter, eds. ,
Single-use technology in biopharmaceutical manufacture.
London:
Wiley.
pp. 173-182.
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Rüsch, Florian ; Nägele, Hans-Joachim ; Baier, Urs,
2018.
Restmethanpotenzial auf Biogasanlagen .
Aqua & Gas.
2018(9),
pp. 48-53.
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Baier, Urs; Moser, Yves ; Edelmann, Michael ,
2017.
Methodenentwicklung zur Kunststoffanalytik in organischen Düngern [ paper ].
In:
"Bioabfall Getrenntsammlung", Pratteln, 16. März 2017.
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Baier, Urs; Treichler, Alexander ; Warthmann, Rolf ; Hersener, Jean-Louis; Meier, Urs; Büeler, Elmar; Hommes, Gregor,
2017.
Steigerung des Biomethanpotentials von Rindergülle Feststoffen durch gezielte Vorbehandlung [ paper ].
In:
Biogas - Expo & Congress 2017, Offenburg, Deutschland, 8.-9. Februar 2017.
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Krautwald, Judith ; Baier, Urs,
2016.
Aqua & Gas.
96(7/8),
pp. 18-23.
Available from : https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1174
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Lohri, Christian; Zabaleta, Imanol; Rohr, Manuel; Baier, Urs; Zurbrügg, Christian,
2016.
Waste and Biomass Valorization.
9(3),
pp. 429-442.
Available from : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-016-9746-3
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Baier, Urs,
2016.
Neue Möglichkeiten bei der Verwertung von biogenen Abfällen [ paper ].
In:
VVEA-Tagung 1.0 - Recycling lohnt sich, Bern, 31. Mai 2016.
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Baier, Urs; Mosberger, Lona ; Gröbly, Dominik ; Buchli, Jürg; Müller, Claudia ,
2016.
Winterthur:
Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
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Baier, Urs; Kühni, Martin ; Wanner, Rahel ; Krebs, Rolf ,
2015.
GWF. Wasser, Abwasser.
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Baier, Urs; Cunningham, Michael; Fink, Andrin,
2015.
Methanemissionen auf Kläranlagen .
Aqua & Gas.
95(3),
pp. 60-62.
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Edelmann, Werner; Engeli, Hans; Baier, Urs; Rüsch, Florian ,
2015.
In:
Biogas - Expo & Congress 2015, Offenburg, Deutschland, 25.-26. November 2015.
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Baier, Urs; Fuchs, Jacques; Berner, Alfred; Schleiss, Konrad,
2015.
Waste biomass and organic fertilizers as a source of pathogens [ paper ].
In:
Minisymposium «Environmental Microbiology & Biomass», Strasbourg, France, 10 April 2015.
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Fuchs, Jacques; Baier, Urs; Berner, Alfred; Philipp, Werner; Schleiss, Konrad;
2014.
Frick:
Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau.
Available from : http://orgprints.org/27645/1/fuchs-etal-Bericht-GaergutHygiene-Endfassung_de.pdf
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Krebs, Rolf ; Baier, Urs; Deller, Annica; Escala, Marina; Floris, Julien; Gerner, Gabriel ; Hartmann, Frank; Hölzl, Britta ; Kohler, Christoph ; Kühni, Martin ; Stucki, Matthias ; Wanner, Rahel ,
2013.
Schriftenreihe Erneuerbare Energien, Bodenökologie und Ökotechnologie
.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from : https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-4975
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Baier, Urs,
2012.
Biogene Güter - Wer liefert was? : Update der Güterflussanalyse von Biogenen Gütern in der Schweiz .
Aqua & Gas.
92(10),
pp. 48-52.
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Baier, Urs; Warthmann, Rolf ; Kühni, Martin ,
2010.
Energieautarke ARA ist technisch möglich .
Umwelt Perspektiven.
2010(3),
pp. 14-17.
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Baier, Urs; Baum, Sebastian,
2008.
Biogene Güterflüsse in der Schweiz 2006 .
Bern:
Bundesamt für Umwelt.
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Baier, Urs; Baum, Sebastian; Biollaz, Serge; Judex, Johannes; Schneebeli, Jörg,
2007.
Methanverluste bei der Biogasaufbereitung .
Gas, Wasser, Abwasser.
87(9),
pp. 689-696.
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Long-de-Vallière, C. Lee; Petrozzi, Sergio ; Zürrer, D.; Baier, Urs; Dunn, Irving J.,
1989.
Methods of anaerobic degradation of toxic compounds in chemical and industrial wastewaters .
Advances in Biotechnological Processes.
1989(12),
pp. 35-72.