Dr. Mario Gellrich

Work at ZHAW

Position

Lecturer in Business Informatics & Data Science

Focus

• Data Analytics and Applied Statistics with Python and R
• Spatial Data Analysis & Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
• Machine Learning / Natural Language Processing

Teaching

• Scientific Programming (BSc)
• Data Analytics (BSc)
• Use of Geodata in Marketing (BSc)
• Data Science (MSc)
• Applied Research Methods (MSc, Real Estate & Facility Management)

Professional development teaching

CAS Data Competence for Business

Experience

• Lecturer
  Institute for Business Informatics (ZHAW, SML)
  2019 - today
• Senior Data Scientist, Business Analyst, Projektleader
  pom+Consulting AG
  2018 - 2019
• Senior Data Scientist, Business Analyst, Project Leader
  Swisscom (Schweiz) AG
  2012 - 2018
• Senior Consultant, Data Analyst
  Wüest & Partner AG
  2008 - 2012
• Research assistant
  ETH Zürich
  2005 - 2008
• Research assistant
  Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL
  2002 - 2005
• Research assistant
  Technische Universität Dresden
  2001 - 2002

Education and Continuing education

Education

• WB-Diploma / Applied Statistics
  Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (ETH) Zürich
  2007 - 2009
• Dissertation, Dr. rer. nat.
  Eidg. Forschungsanstalt WSL / Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im Breisgau
  2002 - 2007
• Certificate / Geographical Information Systems (GIS) in Economy and Administration
  Bildungswerk Ost-West
  2001 - 2002
• Diploma / Faculty of Forest-, Geo- and Hydrosciences
  Technische Universität Dresden
  1995 - 2001

Projects

• Emerging Skills Insights / Project leader / ongoing

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Chaianong, A., Winzer, C., & Gellrich, M. (2022). Impacts of traffic data on short-term residential load forecasting before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Energy Strategy Reviews, 2022(43), 100895. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2022.100895
• Gellrich, M., Block, A., & Leikert-Böhm, N. (2022). Spatial and temporal patterns of electric vehicle charging station utilization : a nationwide case study of Switzerland. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability, 2(2), 21003. https://doi.org/10.1088/2634-4505/ac6a09
• Schnellmann, M., Block, A., & Gellrich, M. (2022). Mehrwerte und Herausforderungen der kombinierten Nutzung von Lean Six Sigma und Robotic Process Automation bei Finanzinstituten. HMD Praxis Der Wirtschaftsinformatik, 60(4), 906–922. https://doi.org/10.1365/s40702-022-00893-6
• Block, A., Gellrich, M., & Russ, C. (2021). Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on SME sustainability : case study of car dealerships in Switzerland. European Journal of Applied Business and Management, 7(1), 58–83. http://nidisag.isag.pt/index.php/IJAM/article/view/547

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Block, A., Gellrich, M., Akçadag, E., Kurz, K., Wiedemann, A., & Geppert, T. (2024). New Work : empirische Analyse über Leistungssteigerungspotentiale der Arbeitnehmenden in einer öffentlichen Schweizer Verwaltung [Conference paper]. Projektmanagement und Vorgehensmodelle 2024 - Neues Arbeiten in Projekten – Teamarbeit neu interpretiert, 35–48. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32747
• Wiedemann, A., Locher, M., Miscione, G., Gellrich, M., & Thatcher, J. B. (2024, April 30). Innovation in operation : dynamic transformations in IT routines presenter information. ECIS 2024 Proceedings. https://aisel.aisnet.org/ecis2024/track11_dss/track11_dss/5/
• Heinrich, P., Hollerer, D., Karthaus, C., & Gellrich, M. (2023). “Don’t drop the plane to fly the mic!” : designing for modern radiotelephony education in general aviation [Conference paper]. 21. Fachtagung Bildungstechnologien (DELFI), 187–192. https://doi.org/10.18420/delfi2023-30

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Menghini, G., Hersperger, A., Gellrich, M., & Seidl, I. (2015). Transferable Development Rights in Switzerland: Concept and Results of an Agent-Based Market Simulation DISP: Planning Review, 51(2), 49-61. doi.org/10.1080/02513625.2015.1064647
• Gellrich, M., Baur, P., Robinson, B. H., & Bebi, P. (2008). Combining classification tree analyses with interviews to study why sub-alpine grasslands sometimes revert to forest: A case study from the Swiss Alps. Agricultural Systems, 96, 124-138. doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2007.07.002
• Rickebusch, S., Gellrich, M., Lischke, H., Guisan, A., & Zimmermann, N. E. (2007). Combining probabilistic land-use change and tree population dynamics modelling to simulate responses in mountain forests. Ecological Modelling, 209, 157-168. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.06.027
• Gellrich, M., Baur, P., Koch, B., & Zimmermann, N. E. (2007). Agricultural land abandonment and natural forest re-growth in the Swiss mountains: A spatially explicit economic analysis. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 118, 93-108. doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2006.05.001
• Gellrich, M., & Zimmermann, N. E. (2007). Investigating the regional-scale pattern of agricultural land abandonment in the Swiss mountains: A spatial statistical modelling approach. Landscape and Urban Planning, 79, 65-76. doi.org/10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.03.004
• Gellrich, M., Baur, P., & Zimmermann, N. E. (2007). Natural forest regrowth as a proxy variable for agricultural land abandonment in the Swiss mountains: a spatial statistical model based on geophysical and socio-economic variables. Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 12(4), 269-278. doi.org/10.1007/s10666-006-9062-6
• Niederhuber, M., Gellrich, M., de Filippi, R. 2007. Spatial analysis and modelling: Ein Wahlpflichtfach in der Konzeption. In Lernen mit Geoinformation. Band II, edited by Jekel, Thomas, Koller, A. and Strobl, J., pp. 216-​225, Heidelberg: Wichmann, 2007.
• Baur, P., Bebi, P., Gellrich, M., & Rutherford, G. (2006). WaSAlp - Waldausdehnung im Schweizer Alpenraum. Eine quantitative Analyse naturräumlicher und sozio-ökonomischer Ursachen unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Agrarstrukturwandels. Schlussbericht. Birmensdorf: Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft.
• Baur, P., Gellrich, M., & Bebi, P. (2005). Die Rückkehr des Waldes als Wohlstandsphänomen. Bündnerwald, 58(4), 57-61.

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