Dr. Beatrice Kulli Honauer

Projects

• Improving Circular Economy Practices and Food Security in the Agriculture Sector by Valorizing Organic Residues Using Thermo-Chemical Processes / Project leader / ongoing
• Development of analytical methods specific to aquaculture / Team member / completed
• Hydrothermal carbonization as a sustainable solution for faecal waste treatment / Deputy project leader / completed
• Soil Garden / Team member / completed
• Office of the Soil Science Society of Switzerland / Project leader / completed
• Effect of ladle slag from steel recycling on soil fertility and plant growth / Project leader / completed
• LCA of peat, alternative substrates and growing media / Team member / completed
• Comparison of the suitability of soil and sand filters for the treatment of run-off water of heavily used roads. / Project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Blank-Pachlatko, J. et al. (2025) 'Beyond plants : how soil alterations shape restoration success in alpine grasslands', Tuexenia, 45, pp. 405–427. doi: 10.14471/2025.45.012.
• Mohammadi, P. et al. (2025) 'Can biomass-derived chars serve as a viable alternative to commercial inorganic fertilizers?', Biofuel Research Journal, (45), pp. 2350–2372. doi: 10.18331/BRJ2025.12.1.5.
• Ischia, G. et al. (2024) 'Advances in research and technology of hydrothermal carbonization : achievements and future directions', Agronomy, 14(5), p. 955. doi: 10.3390/agronomy14050955.
• Gerner, G. et al. (2023) 'Hydrothermal carbonization of sewage sludge : new improvements in phosphatic fertilizer production and process water treatment using freeze concentration', Energies, 16(20), p. 7027. doi: 10.3390/en16207027.
• Berli, M. et al. (2004) 'Compaction of agricultural and forest subsoils by tracked heavy construction machinery', Soil & Tillage Research, 75(1), pp. 37–52. doi: 10.1016/S0167-1987(03)00160-0.
• Kulli, B. et al. (2003) 'Discrimination of flow regions on the basis of stained infiltration patterns in soil profiles', Vadose Zone Journal, 2(3), pp. 338–348. doi: 10.2136/vzj2003.3380.
• Kulli, B., Gysi, M. and Flühler, H. (2003) 'Visualizing soil compaction based on flow pattern analysis', Soil & Tillage Research, 70(1), pp. 29–40. doi: 10.1016/S0167-1987(02)00121-6.
• Kulli Honauer, B. et al. (1999) 'The influence of nitrilotriacetate on heavy metal uptake of lettuce and ryegrass', Journal of Environmental Quality, 28(6), pp. 1699–1705. doi: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800060002x.
• Fischer, U., Kulli Honauer, B. and Flühler, H. (1998) 'Constitutive relationships and pore structure of undisturbed fracture zone samples with cohesionless fault gouge layers', Water Resources Research, 34(7), pp. 1695–1701. doi: 10.1029/98WR00826.

Books, peer-reviewed

Kulli, B. (2002) Analysis of flow patterns : the influence of soil compaction and soil structure on the infiltration pathways of dye tracer solutions and the quantitative evaluation of flow patterns. Doctoral dissertation. ETH Zürich. doi: 10.3929/ethz-a-004437447.

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Dang, C. H. et al. (2024) 'Research needs and pathways to advance hydrothermal carbonization technology', in Agronomy. MDPI, p. 247. doi: 10.3390/agronomy14020247.
• Blank-Pachlatko, J., Edelkraut, K. and Kulli Honauer, B. (2022) 'Differences in vegetation composition, bacterial community and soil properties after restoration of construction sites on alpine grasslands', in INTECOL 2022, Geneva, Switzerland, 28 August - 2 September 2022. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27322.
• Baumgartner, J. and Kulli, B. (2015) 'Bodenverdichtung in Dauergrünland : Unterschied von Zustand und Stabilität der Bodenstruktur im Vergleich zu Ackerstandorten', in BGS Bulletin. Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz, pp. 23–28. Available at: https://www.soil.ch/de/publikationen.

Other publications

• Kulli, B. et al. (2025) Untersuchung der biologischen Eigenschaften von Gewächshausböden. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-36428.
• Rupf, R. et al. (2024) Umweltauswirkungen alpiner Photovoltaikanlagen : eine Praxisgrundlage zur wissenschaftlichen Projektbegleitung. Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-31145.
• Blank-Pachlatko, J., Kulli Honauer, B. and Edelkraut, K. (2023) 'Herausforderung alpiner Renaturierungen : markante Unterschiede in Vegetation, Bakterien und Boden', IUNR Magazin, 2023(1), pp. 16–17. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27700.
• Burkhardt, M., Kulli, B. and Saluz, A. G. (2022) 'Schwammstadt im Strassenraum : Herausforderungen und Lösungen für blau-grüne Massnahmen', Aqua & Gas, 2022(10), pp. 16–29. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-26997.
• Thalmann, B. et al. (2022) 'Per- und polyfluorierte Alkylsubstanzen (PFAS) in Schweizer Böden', altlasten spektrum, 31(6), pp. 176–179. doi: 10.37307/j.1864-8371.2022.06.05.
• Burkhardt, M., Kulli, B. and Saluz, A. (2022) Neue Herausforderungen bei der Strassenentwässerung : Recherche zum Stand des Wissens. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27005.
• Keel, S. G. et al. (2021) Soil carbon sequestration in Switzerland : analysis of potentials and measures. Bern: Agroscope. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-30105.
• Mehli, A. et al. (2021) HTC Innovationscampus Rheinmühle - Pilotanlage zur hydrothermalen Karbonisierung : Prozessoptimierung & Verfahrenserkenntnisse (Schlussbericht). Bundesamt für Energie BFE. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-21929.
• Hafner, S. et al. (2019) Untersuchung der Eigenschaften und Fruchtbarkeit von Gewächshausböden. WSL Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Wald, Schnee und Landschaft. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-20511.
• Amrein, S., Kulli Honauer, B. and Bättig-Frey, P. (2019) 'Erdreich : der Schatz unter unseren Füssen', IUNR Magazin, 2019(01), pp. 26–27. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-18796.
• Pazeller, A. et al. (2017) Vergleich der Eignung von bewachsenen Boden- und Sandfiltern zur Reinigung von Strassenabwasser. Schweizerischer Verband der Strassen- und Verkehrsfachleute.
• Kulli, B. et al. (2000) 'Subsoil compaction on agricultural land by heavy construction machinery : soil physical aspects', in Horn, R. (ed.) Advances in Geoecology. Reiskirchen: Catena, pp. 278–283.

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

Blank-Pachlatko, J., Edelkraut, K. and Kulli Honauer, B. (2022) 'Differences in vegetation composition, bacterial community and soil properties after restoration of construction sites on alpine grasslands', in Kongress «Graubünden forscht 2022», Davos, Schweiz, 21.- 22. September 2022.

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