Dr. Roman Grüter

Work at ZHAW

Position

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

Focus

crop suitability modelling, alternative crops, agrobiodiversity, climate change and agriculture, GIS

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

Network

Membership of networks

• Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz
• SVIAL
• SFIAR

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4441-9909

Social media

• Blog Eat Grow Change
• LinkedIn

Projects

• Sustainable Protein and Oil Crops: The potential of protein and oil crops for a transformation towards a more sustainable Swiss food system / Project leader / ongoing
• Agrobiodiversity Summer School / Project leader / ongoing
• Soil-friendly food production – Local bonus system for climate-friendly and soil-friendly agriculture / Deputy project leader / completed
• Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Team member / completed
• EXTRA - Extreme weather events in agriculture / Project leader / completed
• Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment / Team member / completed
• CONSUS – A GIS tool for agricultural planning / Project leader / completed
• Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Jaisli, I., & Grüter, R. (2024). Potentials of grassland-based livestock farming in Switzerland : a scenario comparison. Sustainability, 16(23), 10362. https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310362
• Grüter, R., Trachsel, T., Laube, P., & Jaisli, I. (2022). Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change. Plos One, 17(1), e0261976. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261976
• Costerousse, B., Quattrini, J., Grüter, R., Frossard, E., & Thonar, C. (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, 287–309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05078-6

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

Jaisli, I., Grüter, R., Oehen, B., Pintar, M., & Kontrakere Basegowda, U. (2021). Geography of food summer school : international exchange for sustainable food value chains. In W. Leal Filho, A. L. Salvia, L. Brandli, U. Azeiteiro, & R. Pretorius (Eds.), Universities, Sustainability and Society : Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (pp. 107–122). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_8

Other publications

• Baumer, B., Kummer, C., Stucki, M., Näf, M., Grüter, R., & Frei, S. (2024). Guide: 30 Lebensmittel für die Zukunft. WWF Schweiz. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31661
• Trachsel, S., Forrer, C., Grüter, R., & Bezzola, T. (2024). Tierische Produkte und ihre pflanzlichen Alternativprodukte im Vergleich : Preis-und Kostenstrukturen (E. Wyss, ed.). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31683
• Grüter, R., Forrer, C., Buchmann, F., Vogel, R., & Ratnaweera, N. (2024). Impact of climate change on black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) cultivation : a global suitability analysis. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32658
• Felder, B., Grüter, R., & Schumacher, P. (2023). Luzern : moderner Weinbaukanton mit Potenzial. Obst- und Weinbau, 2023(6), 6–9. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27784
• Grüter, R., Ringgenberg, J., Ratnaweera, N., Rahn, H., & Schumacher, P. (2023). Standortanalyse von pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten für den Kanton Luzern (Offensive Spezialkulturen). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31678
• Grüter, R., Kummer, C., Koll, M., Rahn, H., & Jaisli, I. (2022). Standortanalyse von Spezialkulturen und Spezialitäten im Ackerbau für den Kanton Luzern (Offensive Spezialkulturen). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31812
• Grüter, R., & Veith, C. (2021). Klimawandel in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft : bereits jetzt anpassen? e-agil, 2021(1), 9. https://www.1kcloud.com/ep160811ac63ef05/#1

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Long-term organic matter application reduces cadmium but not zinc concentrations in wheat
• Green manure effects on zinc and cadmium accumulation in wheat grains (Triticum aestivum L.) on high and low zinc soils
• Green manure and long-term fertilization effects on soil zinc and cadmium availability and uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at different growth stages
• Organic Wheat Farming Improves Grain Zinc Concentration

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