Dr. Dominik Refardt

Dr. Dominik Refardt
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Personal profile
Management role
- dep. Director of Department, Ecotechnologies and Energy Systems Research Unit
- Head, Research group aquaculture systems
Position at the ZHAW
Lecturer
www.zhaw.ch/de/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/ecological-engineering/aquakultursysteme/
Expertise and research interests
Now: microalgae, cyanobacteria, nutrient recycling, nutrient balances, renewable resources, sustainability, wastewater, aquaculture
Then: microbial evolution, microbial ecology, host-parasite systems, waterfleas, bacteriophages, microsporidia
Educational background
Leadership training (2020, Zurich University of Applied Sciences)
CAS Higher Education Teaching (2017, Zurich University of Teacher Education)
PhD in biology (2005, University of Fribourg)
Diploma in biology (2001, University of Basel)
Professional milestones
since 2016 Lecturer at ZHAW Wädenswil
2012-2015 Research associate at ZHAW Wädenswil
2008-2012 Postdoctoral Researcher at ETH Zürich
2006-2008 Postdoctoral Researcher at Auckland University and Massey University, New Zealand
Membership of networks
- Swiss Algae Consortium Association (vice president)
- Innovationsgruppe Aquakultur
- European Percid Fish Culture Core Group
- MyAquacultureFarm
- Schweizer Jugend forscht (Fachexperte Biologie und Umwelt)
Projects
- Etablierung analytischer Methoden für die Aquakultur / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Team member / Project ongoing
- Förderung des Seesaiblings im Zürichsee / Team member / Project completed
- Ecological Engineering Living Lab / Team member / Project completed
- BIOMAT (Integrated Bio-based Materials Value Chains) / Project co-leader / Project completed
- Denitrification Of Nitrate using Anaerobic Liquid fish-faeces Digestion / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Sustainable duckweed production as a protein source for aquaculture / Project leader / Project completed
- Stabilized Lipids from Microalgae / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Fish Welfare / Project leader / Project completed
- Biogas2Algae / Project leader / Project completed
- Sustainable cultivation of microalgae for energy production / Project leader / Project completed
- Phototrophic cultivation of microalgae on a pilot-scale / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Mariotto, Marina; Egloff, Sophia; Fritz, Ines; Refardt, Dominik,
2023.
Algal Research.
70(103013).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2023.103013
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Stadtlander, Timo; Tschudi, Fridolin; Seitz, Andreas; Sigrist, Mathias; Refardt, Dominik; Leiber, Florian,
2023.
Aquaculture Research.
2023(6680943).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6680943
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Kupczok, Anne; Bailey, Zachary M.; Refardt, Dominik; Wendling, Carolin C.,
2022.
Co-transfer of functionally interdependent genes contributes to genome mosaicism in lambdoid phages.
Microbial Genomics.
8(11), pp. 000915.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.000915
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Pulgarin, Adrian; Decker, Jérémie; Chen, Jiahua; Giannakis, Stefanos; Ludwig, Christian; Refardt, Dominik; Pick, Horst,
2022.
Water Research.
226(119301).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2022.119301
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Wendling, Carolin C.; Refardt, Dominik; Hall, Alex R.,
2021.
Evolution.
75(2), pp. 515-528.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14153
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Tschirren, Linda; Bachmann, David Andrea; Güler, Ali Cem; Blaser, Oliver; Rhyner, Nicola; Seitz, Andreas; Zbinden, Erich; Wahli, Thomas; Segner, Helmut; Refardt, Dominik,
2021.
MyFishCheck : a model to assess fish welfare in aquaculture.
Animals.
11(1), pp. 145.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11010145
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Pulgarin, Adrian; Kapeller, Alexander Garcia; Tarik, Mohamed; Egloff, Sophia; Mariotto, Marina; Ludwig, Christian; Refardt, Dominik,
2021.
Journal of Cleaner Production.
324.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.129238
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Tejido-Nuñez, Yaiza; Aymerich, Enrique; Sancho, Luis; Refardt, Dominik,
2020.
Algal Research.
49(101940).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2020.101940
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Pulgarin, Adrian; Giannakis, Stefanos; Pulgarin, César; Ludwig, Christian; Refardt, Dominik,
2020.
Applied Catalysis B: Environmental.
265(118615).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2020.118615
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Tejido-Nuñez, Yaiza; Aymerich, Enrique; Sancho, Luis; Refardt, Dominik,
2019.
Ecological Engineering.
136, pp. 1-9.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2019.05.021
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Egloff, Sophia; Tschudi, Fridolin; Schmautz, Zala; Refardt, Dominik,
2018.
Algal Research.
34, pp. 68-74.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2018.07.004
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Pleška, Maroš; Lang, Moritz; Refardt, Dominik; Levin, Bruce R.; Guet, Călin C.,
2018.
Phage–host population dynamics promotes prophage acquisition in bacteria with innate immunity.
Nature Ecology & Evolution.
2(2), pp. 359-366.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0424-z
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Peng, Gaël; Vogel, Frédéric; Refardt, Dominik; Ludwig, Christian,
2017.
Catalytic supercritical water gasification : continuous methanization of Chlorella vulgaris.
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
56(21), pp. 6256-6265.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00042
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Damergi, Eya; Schwitzguébel, Jean-Paul; Refardt, Dominik; Sharma, Shivom; Holliger, Christof; Ludwig, Christian,
2017.
Algal Research.
25, pp. 488-495.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.algal.2017.05.003
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Wendling, Carolin Charlotte; Piecyk, Agnes; Refardt, Dominik; Chibani, Cynthia Maria; Hertel, Robert; Liesegang, Heiko; Bunk, Boyke; Overmann, Jörg; Roth, Olivia,
2017.
BMC Evolutionary Biology.
17(1), pp. 98.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0930-2
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Bagnoud-Velásquez, Mariluz; Refardt, Dominik; Vuille, François; Ludwig, Christian,
2015.
Chimia.
69(10), pp. 614-621.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.614
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Refardt, Dominik,
2022.
Lab life : when your PhD (almost) falls apart.
eLife.
11, pp. e81548.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.81548
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Montpart Planell, Nuria; Membrez, Yves; Refardt, Dominik,
2015.
Biomasse und Holzenergie
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Bern:
Bundesamt für Energie.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-2655
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Graber, Andreas; Leiblein, Thomas; Refardt, Dominik; Junge, Ranka,
2013.
Potential of algae turf scrubbers (ATS™) for elimination of phosphorus from swimming ponds [paper].
In:
Borin, Maurizio; Malagoli, Mario; Salvato, Michela; Tanis, Benek, eds.,
Wetland Systems Ecology, Functioning and Management.
8th Society of Wetland Scientists (SWS) European Chapter International Conference, Padova, Italy, 1-4 September 2013.
Padova:
P.A.N..
pp. 29-30.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1612
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
Vávra, J., M. Hylis, I. Fiala, D. Refardt, R. Larsson. 2016. Microsporidia in a woodland pool I. Lanatospora costata sp. n. (Opisthosporidia, Microsporidia), parasite of Megacyclops viridis (Crustacea, Copepoda): fine structure and molecular phylogeny. Acta Protozool 55:269-280. dx.doi.org/10.4467/16890027AP.16.023.6010
Armanious, A., M. Aeppli, J. Ronald, D. Refardt, T. Sigstam, T. Kohn & M. Sander. 2016. Viruses at solid-water interfaces: A systematic assessment of interactions driving adsorption. Env Sci Tech 50:732-743. dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04644
Haag, K.L., T.Y. James, J.-F. Pombert, R. Larsson, T.M.M. Schaer, D. Refardt & D. Ebert. 2014. Evolution of a morphological novelty occurred before genome compaction in a lineage of extreme parasites. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 111:15480–15485. dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1410442111
Refardt, D. & R. Kümmerli. 2013. Defying bacteriophages: contrasting altruistic with individual-based resistance mechanisms in Escherichia coli. Communicative & Integrative Biology 6:e25159. dx.doi.org/10.4161/cib.25159
Refardt, D., T. Bergmiller & R. Kümmerli. 2013. Altruism can evolve when relatedness is low: Evidence from bacteria committing suicide upon phage infection. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 280:20123035. dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.3035. Recommended by F1000Prime
Refardt, D. 2012. Real-time quantitative PCR to discriminate and quantify lambdoid bacteriophages of Escherichia coli K-12. Bacteriophage 2:98-104. dx.doi.org/10.4161/bact.20092
Refardt, D. 2012. Combining forces to target bacteria (invited commentary). Evolutionary Applications 5:537-539. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-4571.2012.00255.x
Refardt, D. & D. Ebert. 2012. The impact of infection on host competition and its relationship to parasite persistence in a Daphnia microparasite system. Evolutionary Ecology 26:95-107. dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10682-011-9487-5
Refardt, D. 2011. Within-host competition determines reproductive success of temperate bacteriophages. ISME Journal 5:1451-1460. dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2011.30
Haag, K.L., J.I.R. Larsson, D. Refardt & D. Ebert. 2011. Cytological and molecular description of Hamiltosporidium tvaerminnensis gen. et sp. nov., a microsporidian parasite of Daphnia magna, and establishment of Hamiltosporidium magnivora comb. nov. Parasitology 138:447-462. dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0031182010001393
Refardt, D. & P.B. Rainey. 2010. Tuning a genetic switch: Experimental evolution and natural variation of prophage induction. Evolution 64:1086-1097. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00882.x
Refardt, D., E. Decaestecker, P.T.J. Johnson & J. Vávra. 2008. Morphology, molecular phylogeny, and ecology of Binucleata daphniae n. g., n. sp (Fungi: Microsporidia), a parasite of Daphnia magna Straus, 1820 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 55:393-408. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00341.x
Refardt, D. & D. Ebert. 2007. Inference of parasite local adaptation using two different fitness components. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20:921-929. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01307.x
Refardt, D. & L. Mouton. 2007. Reverse arrangement of rRNA subunits in the microsporidium Glugoides intestinalis. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology 54:83-85. dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1550-7408.2006.00149.x
Refardt, D. & D. Ebert. 2006. Quantitative PCR to detect, discriminate and quantify intracellular parasites in their host: an example from three microsporidians in Daphnia. Parasitology 133:11-18. doi.org/10.1017/S0031182006000060
Zbinden, M., S. Lass, D. Refardt, J. Hottinger & D. Ebert. 2005. Octosporea bayeri: fumidil B inhibits vertical transmission in Daphnia magna. Experimental Parasitology 109:58-61
Mucklow, P.T., D.B. Vizoso, K.H. Jensen, D. Refardt & D. Ebert. 2004. Variation in phenoloxidase activity and its relation to parasite resistance within and between populations of Daphnia magna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 271:1175-1183
Canning, E.U., D. Refardt, C.R. Vossbrinck, B. Okamura & A. Curry. 2004. Correction for genus Bryonosema (Microsporidia, Pseudonosematidae). European Journal of Protistology 40:69-69
Canning, E.U., D. Refardt, C.R. Vossbrinck, B. Okamura & A. Curry. 2002. New diplokaryotic microsporidia (Phylum Microsporidia) from freshwater bryozoans (Bryozoa, Phylactolaemata). European Journal of Protistology 38:247-265
Refardt, D., E.U. Canning, A. Mathis, S.A. Cheney, N.J. Lafranchi-Tristem & D. Ebert. 2002. Small subunit ribosomal DNA phylogeny of microsporidia that infect Daphnia (Crustacea: Cladocera). Parasitology 124:381-389. doi.org/10.1017/S0031182001001305
Canning, E.U., A. Curry, S.A. Cheney, N.J. Lafranchi-Tristem, D. Ebert, D. Refardt, M. Killick-Kendrick, R. Killick-Kendrick. 2001. Flabelliforma montana (Phylum Microsporidia) from Phlebotomus ariasi (Diptera, Psychodidae): Ultrastructural observations and phylogenetic relationships. European Journal of Protistology 37:207-221