Nikita Krähenbühl

Work at ZHAW

Position at the ZHAW

Research Assistant

Education and Continuing education

Expertise and research interests

Wastewater treatment, nutrient cycles, biochar production/analysis/valorisation, Data Analytics and Monitoring in Environmental Science (Python, R, GIS)

Educational background

MSc ZFH in Environment and Natural Resources - Ongoing
Specialization: Ecological Engineering

BSc Honours Degree in Environmental Geoscience 2018
University of Edinburgh

Projects

• Evaluations-Methoden zum Monitoring der Qualität von häuslichem Recycling- bzw. Grauwasser / Team member / Project ongoing
• LOFT – Local food for the future / Team member / Project ongoing
• Development of multi-functional, modular green wall systems with 3D rapid prototyping for circular cities / Team member / Project ongoing
• SWEET Prestudy Biochar / Team member / Project completed
• Pyrolyse von mit Kunststoff verunreinigtem Holz aus der Grüngutsammlung / Team member / Project completed
• BIOBOS – Vorstudie zur Langzeitwirkung von Biokohle im Boden / Team member / Project completed

Publications

• Gartmann, Florentina; Hügly, Julian; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Brinkmann, Nadine; Schmautz, Zala; Smits, Theo H. M.; Junge, Ranka,

  2023.

  Bioponics – an organic closed-loop soilless cultivation system : yields and characteristics compared to hydroponics and soil cultivation.

  Agronomy.

  13(6), pp. 1436.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy13061436

• Saluz, Andrea Gion; Bleuler, Mira; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Schönborn, Andreas,

  2022.

  Quality and suitability of fecal biochar in structurally stable urban tree substrates.

  Science of the Total Environment.

  838, Part 3(156236).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156236

• Grau, Maximilian G.P.; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Antenen, Nadine,

  2023.

  Identifying substrates for greywater treatment in a novel green wall system based on trickling filters [poster].

  In:

  6th IWA International Conference on Eco-Technologies for Wastewater Treatment, Girona, Spain, 26-29 June 2023.

  International Water Association.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28911

• Krähenbühl, Nikita,

  2022.

  Developing applications for biochar in a circular economy : a review of addition to biodegradable polymers.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-29278

• Bühler, Devi; Antenen, Nadine; Frei, Matthias; Krähenbühl, Nikita; Barmettler, Regina; Schönborn, Andreas; Brändle, Till; Balducci, Andrea; Mezek, Katjuša; Zybach, Christa; Bleuler, Mira; Junge, Ranka,

  2020.

  Local Water Loop : Vorstudie für einen energie- und wasserautarken Waschmaschinenbetrieb.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-28824

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

Gruber, W., von Känel, L., Vogt, L., Luck, M., Biolley, L., Feller, K., Moosmann, A., Krähenbühl, N., Kipf, M., Loosli, R., Vogel, M., Morgenroth, E., Braun, D.; Joss, A. (2021). Estimation of countrywide N2O emissions from wastewater treatment in Switzerland using long-term monitoring data. Water Research X, 100122. doi.org/10.1016/J.WROA.2021.100122

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