Dr. Roman Grüter

Personal profile

Position at the ZHAW

Research Associate at Geography of Food Research Group
Head Master Research Unit (MRU) Agroecology and Food Systems
Head of Modules Agrobiodiversity Summer School & World Food System

www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/environmental-and-agrofood-systems/geography-of-food/

Expertise and research interests

agrobiodiversity, agroecology, sustainability, climate mitigation and adaptation, GIS, land evaluation, wheat, micronutrients

Educational background

PhD, 2017, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich

MSc in Environmental Sciences, 2013, Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich

CAS in Hochschuldidaktik, 2020, PH Zurich

CAS in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), 2018, ETH Zurich

Membership of networks

Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz

Projects

• Tierische Produkte und ihre pflanzlichen Alternativprodukte im Vergleich: Preis-und Kostenstrukturen / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Klimawandelauswirkungen im Pfefferanbau - eine globale Eignungsanalyse / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Future Foods Schweiz / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Förderung von Foodcoops in Zürich / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• Kohlenstoffbilanz von Gemüse- und Obstbaubetrieben im landwirtschaftlichen Kontext / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• MOVING – Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Team member / Project ongoing
• Agrobiodiversity Summer School / Project leader / Project ongoing
• Offensive Spezialkulturen / Project leader / Project completed
• EXTRA - Extreme weather events in agriculture / Project leader / Project completed
• Basismodell Agrarsystem Schweiz / Project leader / Project completed
• Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment / Team member / Project completed
• CONSUS / Project leader / Project completed
• Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Grüter, Roman; Trachsel, Tim; Laube, Patrick; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2022.

  Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change.

  PLOS ONE.

  17(1), pp. e0261976.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261976

• Jaisli, Isabel; Grüter, Roman; Oehen, Bernadette; Pintar, Marina; Kontrakere Basegowda, Umesh,

  2021.

  Geography of food summer school : international exchange for sustainable food value chains

  .

  In:

  Leal Filho, W.; Salvia, A.L.; Brandli, L.; Azeiteiro, U.; Pretorius, R., eds.,

  Universities, Sustainability and Society : Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

  Springer.

  pp. 107-122.

  World Sustainability Series.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_8

• Felder, Beat; Grüter, Roman; Schumacher, Peter,

  2023.

  Luzern : moderner Weinbaukanton mit Potenzial.

  Obst- und Weinbau.

  2023(6), pp. 6-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27784

• Grüter, Roman; Veith, Claudia,

  2021.

  Klimawandel in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft : bereits jetzt anpassen?.

  e-agil.

  2021(1), pp. 9.

  Available from: https://www.1kcloud.com/ep160811ac63ef05/#1

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Grüter R, Costerousse B, Mayer J, Mäder P, Thonar C, Frossard E, Schulin R, Tandy S (2019) Long-term organic matter application reduces cadmium but not zinc concentrations in wheat. Sci Total Environ 669: 608-620. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.03.112

Grüter R, Meister A, Schulin R, Tandy S (2017) Green manure effects on zinc and cadmium accumulation in wheat grains (Triticum aestivum L.) on high and low zinc soils. Plant Soil. doi: 10.1007/s11104-017-3486-4

Grüter R, Costerousse B, Bertoni A, Mayer J, Thonar C, Frossard E, Schulin R, Tandy S (2017) Green manure and long-term fertilization effects on soil zinc and cadmium availability and uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at different growth stages. Sci Total Environ 599–600: 1330-1343. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.05.070

Helfenstein J, Müller I, Grüter R, Bhullar G, Mandloi L, Papritz A, Siegrist M, Schulin R, Frossard E (2016) Organic wheat farming improves grain zinc concentration. PLoS ONE 11(8):e0160729. 10.1371/journal.pone.0160729

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