Florentina Gartmann

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Assistent

www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/oekotechnologien-energiesysteme/oekotechnologie/nahrungsmittel-1/&

Expertise and research interests

Aquaponics, hydroponics and bioponics, aquaculture, soil-independend production, circulation systems, integrated pest management, consulting about Massive Open Online Courses

Educational background

MSc ZFH in Environment and Natural Resources - 2021
Specialization: Ecological Engineering

CAS in Nature in Urban Areas - 2019
Module 4 - Integration of nature into buildings

CAS in Freshwater Fish of Europe - 2019
Module 2 - Habitat and species management

BSc ZFH in Environmental Engineering - 2018
Specialization: Organic farming and horticulture

Geomatiker with Federal Certificate of Proficiency - 2013

Projects

• Use an underground cavern for crop production in an economical and sustainable way? / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa (INCiTiS-FOOD) / Team member / Project ongoing
• LOFT – Local food for the future / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Development of multi-functional, modular green wall systems with 3D rapid prototyping for circular cities / Team member / Project ongoing
• Aurora Smart Light System / Team member / Project completed
• Aqu@teach: innovative educational tools to promote learning among European / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Gartmann, Florentina; Hügly, Julian; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Brinkmann, Nadine; Schmautz, Zala; Smits, Theo H. M.; Junge, Ranka,

  2023.

  Bioponics – an organic closed-loop soilless cultivation system : yields and characteristics compared to hydroponics and soil cultivation.

  Agronomy.

  13(6), pp. 1436.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061436

• Schmautz, Zala; Walser, Jean-Claude; Espinal, Carlos A.; Gartmann, Florentina; Scott, Benjamin; Pothier, Joël F.; Frossard, Emmanuel; Junge, Ranka; Smits, Theo H. M.,

  2022.

  Microbial diversity across compartments in an aquaponic system and its connection to the nitrogen cycle.

  Science of the Total Environment.

  852(158426).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.158426

• Gartmann, Florentina; Schmautz, Zala; Junge, Ranka,

  2019.

  Influence of pH change on the phosphorus cycle in aquaponics [poster].

  In:

  9th International Phosphorus Workshop (IPW9), Zurich, 8-12 July 2019.

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-18461

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