Dr. Hans-Joachim Nägele

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Projects

• Biological in-situ methanation / Project leader / ongoing
• Cooperation related to Project Noses / Project leader / completed
• Micro-biogas plants in Switzerland: Analysis of performance, economic viability, and approval practices of a small-scale biogas system for tiny living concepts and applications in alpine regions under Swiss climate conditions / Project leader / completed
• Food losses and foreign matter in Swiss green waste 2022/23 / Project leader / completed
• Carbon Negative Biochar-based Building Insulation Materials / Team member / completed
• PURAMMON (Main Project) – Renewable Nitrogen-Mineral Fertiliser from Slurry / Project leader / completed
• PURAMMON (Pre-Project) – Renewable nitrogen mineral fertiliser from liquid manure / Project leader / completed
• Preproject Netz: Nutrient and Energy Technology Centre / Project leader / completed
• SFOE mandate for the "Energy from biogas" working group of the International Energy Agency (2019-2021) / Deputy project leader / completed
• Ecological Engineering Living Lab: Insights into the lab of Ecological Engineering / Team member / completed
• Microalgae for large-scale CO2 re-mediation: Integrated concepts / Team member / completed
• HYKOM – Combination of Hygienisation and Hydrolysis as Pretreatment steps for liquid Substrates prior to Anaerobic Digestion. / Deputy project leader / completed
• Development of a Training for the Green Waste Industry / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Kalbermatten, C. L. et al. (2026) 'Optimizing trickle-bed reactor performance for hydrogenotrophic methane production in power-to-methane systems', Process Biochemistry, 163, pp. 66–76. doi: 10.1016/j.procbio.2026.02.010.
• Williams, F. P. et al. (2025) 'Technoeconomic feasibility of integrated organics processing facilities with anaerobic digestion and composting : an analytical framework for regional Australia', Waste Management, 208(115153). doi: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115153.
• Pochwatka, P. et al. (2023) 'The energetic and economic analysis of demand-driven biogas plant investment possibility in dairy farm', Energy, 283(129165). doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129165.
• Frick, H. et al. (2023) 'Nitrogen dynamics after slurry application as affected by anaerobic digestion, biochar and a nitrification inhibitor', Soil Use and Management, 40(1), p. e12953. doi: 10.1111/sum.12953.

Other publications

• Miescher, S. et al. (2025) Entwicklung biologisch abbaubarer Materialien aus Weintrester zur Reduktion von Plastikmüll in der Landwirtschaft (BIMWET). Wädenswil: ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-33868.
• Ammenberg, J. et al. (2025) Identification and assessment of sustainability effects related to biogas solutions : literature review and perspectives from five countries. IEA Bioenergy. Available at: https://task37.ieabioenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/32/2025/06/IEA-Bioenergy-Task-37-Biogas-Sustainability-Effects-2025.pdf.
• Hüsch, R. S. et al. (2023) Lebensmittelverluste und Fremdstoffe in Schweizer Grüngut 2022/23. Bern: Bundesamt für Umwelt BAFU. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-32052.
• Rüsch, F., Nägele, H.-J. and Baier, U. (2018) 'Restmethanpotenzial auf Biogasanlagen', Aqua & Gas, 2018(9), pp. 48–53.

Research data

Kalbermatten, Claudio L.; Peters, Christin; Raguz Nakic, Zrinka; Unglaube, Julia; Zeilinger, Susanne; Insam, Heribert; Flad, Veronika; Podmirseg, Sabine; Nägele, Hans-Joachim, 2026. Heterologous expression of anaerobic fungal enzymes in Escherichia coli for improved biogas production. Universität Innsbruck. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48323/1rhnt-eat39

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