Dr. Ivo Kaelin

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Head Studies ICLS
• Lecturer in Mathematics, Physics and Data Analysis
• Head Continuing Education ICLS
• Dept. Director ICLS

Focus

• Mathematical Modelling
• Statistical Data Analysis
• Development of Curricula

Teaching

• Analysis and Algebra (BSc ADLS)
• Data Analysis (BSc FD)
• Mathematical Modelling and Analysis (BSc ADLS)
• Physics (BSc UI)
• Systems and Modelling (BSc UI)

Experience

• Head of Studies ICLS
  ZHAW
  2020 - today
• Lecturer
  ZHAW
  2013 - today
• Head of Statistical Consulting
  ZHAW
  2016 - 2020
• PhD Student
  ETH Zurich
  2006 - 2012
• Scientific Assistant
  ETH Zurich
  2003 - 2006

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr. sc. ETH / Mathematics
  ETH Zurich
  2006 - 2012
• Diploma of Higher Education / Physics
  ETH Zurich
  2000 - 2003
• MSc / Physics
  ETH Zurich
  1997 - 2002

Continuing Education

• Management Course
  ZHAW
  2023
• CAS Higher Education
  PH Zurich
  2017

Projects

• Reusing Openly Accessible research Data for Student theses / Team member / completed
• Compensation Study Universities of Applied Sciences Switzerland 2023 / Team member / completed
• PE(K)O Sustain – Physically modified oils as sustainable alternative to tropical fats for the baking and sweet goods industry / Team member / completed
• Development of a validated questionnaire for the assessment of sleep quality based on a cosmetics line / Team member / completed
• Food Waste Indicators and Data Monitoring Concept / Team member / completed
• What does the Swiss population eat? / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Husmann, C. et al. (2025) 'Crystallized pickering emulsions from plant oil as a local alternative to palm oil', Foods, 14(1), p. 104. doi: 10.3390/foods14010104.
• Laube, P. et al. (2023) 'Analysing and predicting wildlife–vehicle collision hotspots for the Swiss road network', Landscape Ecology, 38(7), pp. 1765–1783. doi: 10.1007/s10980-023-01655-5.
• Bae, D. et al. (2022) 'Investigation of alcohol-drinking levels in the Swiss population : differences in diet and associations with sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric factors', Nutrients, 14(12), p. 2494. doi: 10.3390/nu14122494.
• Tschanz, L. et al. (2022) 'Characterisation of meat consumption across sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric groups in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH', Public Health Nutrition, 25(11), pp. 3096–3106. doi: 10.1017/S136898002200101X.
• Inanir, D. et al. (2020) 'Daily and meal-based assessment of dairy and corresponding protein intake in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH', European Journal of Nutrition, 10(8). doi: 10.1007/s00394-020-02399-7.
• Steinbach, L. et al. (2020) 'No-meat eaters are less likely to be overweight or obese, but take dietary supplements more often : results from the Swiss National Nutrition survey menuCH', Public Health Nutrition, 24(13), pp. 4156–4165. doi: 10.1017/S1368980020003079.
• Sych, J. et al. (2019) 'Intake of processed meat and association with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in a representative sample of the Swiss population', Nutrients, 11(11), p. 2556. doi: 10.3390/nu11112556.

Other publications

Tschanz, L. et al. (2021) 'The first characterisation of meat consumption across sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric groups in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH', in 58. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Ernährung, online, 17.-19. Februar 2021. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-23891.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Sych, J. et al. (2020) 'Investigation of processed meat consumption from the National Nutritional Survey menuCH and ecological data for colorectal cancer incidence in Switzerland', in Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. Cambridge University Press, p. E301. doi: 10.1017/S0029665120002499.
• Inanir, D. et al. (2019) 'Dairy consumption and its distribution throughout the day in the Swiss language regions : results from the national nutrition survey menuCH', in Lebensjahre in Gesundheit – was leistet die Ernährung? : Abstractband zum 56.Wissenschaftlichen Kongress. Bonn: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung.
• Kaelin, I. (2016) 'Online Vorkurs Mathematik', in Teach&Snow Days, Wergenstein, 19. Januar 2016.
• Harari, O. et al. (2015) 'Auswirkung von Schneebedeckung auf den Ertrag von Photovoltaikanlagen', in 8. Forum Bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik, 8. März 2016, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein / OTTI. Ostbayerisches Technologie-Transfer-Institut.

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