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., Schmid, T., Waser, C., Kaelin, I., Hollenstein, L., & Müller, N. (2025). Crystallized pickering emulsions from plant oil as a local alternative to palm oil. Foods, 14(1), 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14010104
• Laube, P., Ratnaweera, N., Wróbel, A., Kaelin, I., Stephani, A., Reifler-Baechtiger, M., Graf, R. F., & Suter, S. (2023). Analysing and predicting wildlife–vehicle collision hotspots for the Swiss road network. Landscape Ecology, 38(7), 1765–1783. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-023-01655-5
• Bae, D., Wróbel, A., Kaelin, I., Pestoni, G., Rohrmann, S., & Sych, J. M. (2022). Investigation of alcohol-drinking levels in the Swiss population : differences in diet and associations with sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric factors. Nutrients, 14(12), 2494. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14122494
• Tschanz, L., Kaelin, I., Wróbel, A., Rohrmann, S., & Sych, J. M. (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), 3096–3106. https://doi.org/10.1017/S136898002200101X
• Inanir, D., Kaelin, I., Pestoni, G., Faeh, D., Müller, N., Rohrmann, S., & Sych, J. M. (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). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-020-02399-7
• Steinbach, L., Rohrmann, S., Kaelin, I., Krieger, J.-P., Pestoni, G., Herter-Aeberli, I., Faeh, D., & Sych, J. M. (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), 4156–4165. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980020003079
• Sych, J., Kaelin, I., Gerlach, F., Wróbel, A., Le, T., FitzGerald, R., Pestoni, G., Faeh, D., Krieger, J.-P., & Rohrmann, S. (2019). Intake of processed meat and association with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in a representative sample of the Swiss population. Nutrients, 11(11), 2556. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu11112556

Other publications

Tschanz, L., Kaelin, I., Wróbel, A., Pestoni, G., Rohrmann, S., Herter-Aeberli, I., & Sych, J. M. (2021, February 17). The first characterisation of meat consumption across sociodemographic, lifestyle and anthropometric groups in Switzerland : results from the National Nutrition Survey menuCH. 58. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress Der Deutschen Gesellschaft Für Ernährung, Online, 17.-19. Februar 2021. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-23891

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Sych, J., Kaelin, I., Inanir, D., Faeh, D., Pestoni, G., Mueller, N., & Rohrmann, S. (2020). Investigation of processed meat consumption from the National Nutritional Survey menuCH and ecological data for colorectal cancer incidence in Switzerland [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 79(OCE2), E301. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665120002499
• Inanir, D., Kaelin, I., Müller, C., Rohrmann, S., & Sych, J. M. (2019). Dairy consumption and its distribution throughout the day in the Swiss language regions : results from the national nutrition survey menuCH [Conference presentation]. Lebensjahre in Gesundheit – Was Leistet Die Ernährung? : Abstractband Zum 56.Wissenschaftlichen Kongress, 25.
• Kaelin, I. (2016, January 19). Online Vorkurs Mathematik. Teach&Snow Days, Wergenstein, 19. Januar 2016.
• Harari, O., Kaelin, I., Mathez, S. A., & Koller, C. (2015). Auswirkung von Schneebedeckung auf den Ertrag von Photovoltaikanlagen. 8. Forum Bauwerkintegrierte Photovoltaik, 8. März 2016, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein / OTTI.

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