Andreas Schönborn

Andreas Schönborn
ZHAW
School of Life Sciences and Facility Management
Institute of Natural Resource Sciences
Grüentalstrasse 14
8820 Wädenswil
Personal profile
Management role
Head, Ecological Engineering Group
Position at the ZHAW
Lecturer and Researcher
Professional milestones
Dec. 2017 Co-founder planar4 GmbH (ZHAW Spinoff), www.planar4.ch
since Aug. 2017 Head Ecological Engineering Group
since 2016 Co-president International Ecological Engineering Society
since 2014 Head of major Renewable Energies and Ecological Engineering
since 2013 Lecturer and researcher
2012-2017 Head Wetlands group
since 2007 Research Associate at ZHAW Waedenswil
2000-2007 Self employed, Director armadillo media gmbh, Lucerne
1999-2013 Editor & author of www.iees.ch
Membership of networks
- International Ecological Engineering Society IEES (Co-president)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Limnologie
- COST Action CA17133 - Circular City (Member of working group 3 "Resource Recovery")
- Schweizer Pflanzenkohle-Netzwerk (founded Nov. 2015)
Projects
- FEET – Hydrothermal carbonization as a sustainable solution for faecal waste treatment / Team member / Project ongoing
- Ecological Engineering Living Lab / Team member / Project ongoing
- Innovative Kohle aus Grüngut / Project leader / Project ongoing
- Wiesenschwein - das Zukunftsschwein / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
- Kreislaufwirtschaft Landwirtschaft / Team member / Project completed
- Local Water Loop / Team member / Project completed
- Biochar for urban Trees / Team member / Project completed
- Entwicklung eines neuen Testverfahrens zur Bestimmung von Hormonen in Fischzuchten / Project leader / Project completed
- Biofilter II - Prüfstand für Filter zur biologischen Wasseraufbereitung von Badegewässern / Team member / Project completed
- planar-YES Profile / Project leader / Project completed
- planar-YES - neuartiges Testsystem auf estrogene Wirkung in Umwelt- und Lebensmittelproben / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Bleuler, Mira; Gold, Moritz; Strande, Linda; Schönborn, Andreas,
2020.
Waste and Biomass Valorization.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01220-0
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Bergmann, Alan J.; Simon, Eszter; Schifferli, Andrea; Schönborn, Andreas; Vermeirssen, Etiënne L. M.,
2020.
Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-020-02701-w
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Kisser, Johannes; Wirth, Maria; De Gusseme, Bart; Van Eekert, Miriam; Zeeman, Grietje; Schönborn, Andreas; Vinnerås, Björn; Finger, David C.; Kolbl Repinc, Sabina; Bulc, Tjaša Griessler; Bani, Aida; Pavlova, Dolja; Staicu, Lucian C.; Atasoy, Merve; Cetecioglu, Zeynep; Kokko, Marika; Haznedaroglu, Berat Z.; Hansen, Joachim; Istenič, Darja; Canga, Eriona; Malamis, Simos; Camilleri-Fenech, Margaret; Beesley, Luke,
2020.
A review of nature-based solutions for resource recovery in cities.
Blue-Green Systems.
2(1).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2166/bgs.2020.930
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Gold, Moritz; Cunningham, Michael; Bleuler, Mira; Arnheiter, Ruth; Schönborn, Andreas; Niwagaba, Charles; Strande, Linda,
2018.
Operating parameters for three resource recovery options from slow-pyrolysis of faecal sludge.
Journal of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene for Development.
8(4).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.2166/washdev.2018.009
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Schönborn, Andreas; Schmid, Pascal; Bräm, Sarah; Reifferscheid, Georg; Ohlig, Marina; Buchinger, Sebastian,
2017.
Unprecedented sensitivity of the planar yeast estrogen screen by using a spray-on technology.
Journal of Chromatography A.
1530,
pp.185-191.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chroma.2017.11.009
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Schönborn, Andreas; Kunz, Petra; Koster, Margie,
2015.
Estrogenic activity in drainage water : a field study on a Swiss cattle pasture.
Environmental Sciences Europe.
27(17).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-015-0047-4
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Schönborn, Andreas; Grimmer, Andrea Adelheid,
2013.
Journal of Planar Chromatography - Modern TLC.
26(5),
pp.402-408.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1556/JPC.26.2013.5.3
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Merki, Rebekka; Schönborn, Andreas; Pihan, Lisa-Anna-Maria; Wolfram, Evelyn,
2019.
Screening for active substances with TLC bioautography : challenges with artefacts [poster].
In:
12th BioDetectors Conference 2019 : Abstract book.
12th BioDetectors Conference 2019, Vienna, Austria, 26-27 September 2019.
Vienna:
BioDetection Systems.
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Brüll, A.; van Bohemen, H.; Costanza, R.; Mitsch, W. J.; van den Boomen, R.; Chaudhuri, N.; Heeb, J.; Jenssen, P.; Schönborn, Andreas,
2011.
Benefits of ecological engineering practices [paper].
In:
International Congress Ecological Engineering: from Concepts to Applications, Paris, France, 2-4 December 2009.
Elsevier.
pp.16-20.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.proenv.2011.11.004
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Bergmann, Alan; Simon, Eszter; Schifferli, Andrea; Schönborn, Andreas; Vermeirssen, Etienne,
2020.
Comparison of yeast estrogen screening on HPTLC and in microtiter plates.
Camag Bibliography Service.
125(2),
pp.14-15.
Available from: https://www.camag.com/article/comparison-yeast-estrogen-screening-hptlc-and-microtiter-plates
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Bergman, Alan J.; Simon, Eszter; Schifferli, Andrea; Vermeirssen, Etienne; Schönborn, Andreas,
2018.
Performance of measuring estrogenicity with planar-YES compared to 96-well plate YES [poster].
In:
SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting, Rome, Italy, 13-17 May 2018.
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Schönborn, Andreas; Mainetti, Tamara,
2018.
In:
Proceedings Xenowac II - Challenges and Solutions Related to Xenobiotics and Antimicrobial Resistance in the Framewaork of Urban Wastewater Reuse.
XENOWAC II, Limassol, Cyprus, 10-12 October 2018.
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Schönborn, Andreas; Bleuler, Mira,
2017.
Biochar-based life support loop (SpaceLooP).
Wädenswil:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3480
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Sennhauser, Dieter; Schönborn, Andreas; Grimmer, Andrea Adelheid; Mainetti, Tamara; Durisch-Kaiser, Edith,
2017.
Aqua & Gas.
2017(5),
pp.64-71.
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Köster, Oliver; Schubert-Ulrich, Patricia; Schönborn, Andreas; Schulz, Wolfgang,
2016.
Aqua & Gas.
2016(12),
pp.32-41.
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Schönborn, Andreas,
2016.
Umwelt im Herzen, Gebäude im Fokus : die neue Vertiefung Erneuerbare Energien und Ökotechnologie.
IUNR intern.
2016(1),
pp.6-7.
Available from: https://www.zhaw.ch/storage/lsfm/institute-zentren/iunr/iunr-intern-0116.pdf
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Schönborn, Andreas,
2015.
Feurige Schüssel : vom Amazonas zum Null-Abfall-Klo.
IUNR intern.
2015(2),
pp.22-23.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3777
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Hebler, Thomas; Schönborn, Andreas; Bally, Andreas,
2012.
Naturnahes Wasserrecycling im Zoo Zürich : leistungsfähigkeit eines bepflanzten Sandfilters.
Aqua & Gas.
2012(10),
pp.62-69.
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Schönborn, Andreas,
2012.
Östrogene aus der Nutztierhaltung.
Oekotoxzentrum News.
2012(4),
pp.4-5.
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Graber, Andreas; Schönborn, Andreas; Junge-Berberović, Ranka,
2011.
IWA Specialist Group on Use of Macrophytes in Water Pollution Control: Newsletter.
2011(37),
pp.37-41.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-1619
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Schönborn, Andreas,
2007.
Stensund wastewater aquaculture : what can we learn from it today?.
EcoEng Newsletter.
2007(9).
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Schönborn, Andreas; Bulant, Nicola,
2015.
Biochar from human waste : steps towards a new sanitation approach.
In:
15th Annual Meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society, Stillwater, 3-5 June 2015.
Stillwater, Oklahoma:
AEES.
C. Pahl-Wostl, A. Schönborn, N. Willi, J. Muncke, T.A. Larsen, 2003, Investigating consumer attitudes towards the new technology of urine separation, Water Science & Technology Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 57–65
Schlumpf, C., Pahl-Wostl, C., Schönborn, A., Jaeger, C.J. and Imboden, D. (2001). IMPACTS – An Information Tool for Citizens to Assess Impacts of Climate Change from a Regional Perspective. Climate Change 51, 199–241
R.Ch. Billeter, B. Züst, A. Schönborn, 1998, Switzerland, in: Constructed Wetlands in Europe, J. Vymazal, H. Brix, P.F. Cooper, M.B. Green, R. Haberl (eds.), Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands
A. Schönborn, B. Züst, E. Underwood, 1997, Long Term Perfomance of the Sand-Plant Filter Schattweid (Switzerland), Water Science & Technology Vol. 35, No. 5, pp. 307-314
J. Staudenmann, A. Schönborn, C. Etnier, 1996, Recycling the Resource – Ecological Engineering for Wastewater Treatment (Proceedings), Transtec Publications