Fridolin Tschudi

Projects

• Evaluation of Fish Waste Streams as a Substrate for the Production of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) Larvae / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Standardized, pre-configured RAS units for economically viable small- to medium-scale fish production / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• Recirculation Systems in the Water Features of the Ndoki Forest at the Zurich Zoo / Project leader / ongoing
• Food-Energy-wAter-healTh innovations for sustainable development in AFRICA / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• NonBio: Non-biological ammonia removal / Project leader / ongoing
• Long-term conservation of Arctic char (Salvelinus umbla) in Lake Zurich / Team member / ongoing
• Zebrafish larvae for drug screening / Team member / ongoing
• Swiss Aquaculture Coordination Centre (KSA) / Deputy project leader / ongoing
• INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa / Team member / ongoing
• AQUASMART: Leading the way in smart-tech for solar-powered, energyand resource efficient aquaculture / Project leader / completed
• Innovating Nepalese aquaculture: Technology advancement, integration in the WEFH nexus and social inclusion / Team member / completed
• Industrial symbiosis options for nutrient provision in indoor vertical farming / Team member / completed
• Development of a prototype of low-tech, space efficient soilless cultivation (aquaponics) for refugee camps in Jordan / Team member / completed
• SAMAKI AFYA: Facilitating economic viability of fish farms through better fish health / Team member / completed
• Development of analytical methods specific to aquaculture / Team member / completed
• Phosphorus in fish farms / Deputy project leader / completed
• AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Team member / completed
• The Tanganyika Aquahub – Proof of Technical and Economic Concept of a PV Solar-Powered and Resource Efficient Fish Farm Input Production Facility / Project leader / completed
• Sun-Oxygen-System: Energy efficient fishpond aeration enhancing integrated small-scale farming in Cambodia / Project leader / completed
• Ecological Engineering Living Lab: Insights into the lab of Ecological Engineering / Team member / completed
• Implementation of aquaponic technology in Kunming, China: Construction of prototype for cultivation of fish and vegetables / Team member / completed
• Know-How Transfer und Collaboration with Smiling Gecko Cambodia / Project leader / completed
• Denitrification Of Nitrate using Anaerobic Liquid fish-faeces Digestion / Project leader / completed
• Off Flavour control in land-based salmon production / Project leader / completed
• Sustainable duckweed production as a protein source for aquaculture / Team member / completed
• Characterization of nitrogen dynamics in an aquaponic system / Team member / completed
• Implementation of aquaponic technology in Romania to benefit health and sustainable livelihood in deprived areas (AQUA-ROM) / Team member / completed
• CTI Gotthard water / Project leader / completed
• Zero Emission Buildings: Integrating Sustainable Technologies and Infrastructure Systems / Team member / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Stadtlander, T. et al. (2025) 'Utility of dried and fermented meal from the duckweed species Spirodela polyrhiza as fishmeal-protein replacer in diets for common carp fry', Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences, 34(1), pp. 131–138. doi: 10.22358/jafs/192512/2024.
• Stadtlander, T. et al. (2023) 'Partial replacement of fishmeal with duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza) in feed for two carnivorous fish species, Eurasian perch (Perca fluviatilis) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)', Aquaculture Research, 2023(6680943). doi: 10.1155/2023/6680943.
• Stadtlander, T. et al. (2022) 'Dilution rates of cattle slurry affect ammonia uptake and protein production of duckweed grown in recirculating systems', Journal of Cleaner Production, 357(131916). doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.131916.
• Pietsch, C. et al. (2020) 'Preliminary investigation of an idiopathic muscle disease in farmed burbot Lota lota', Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 140, pp. 179–186. doi: 10.3354/dao03494.
• Egloff, S. et al. (2018) 'High-density cultivation of microalgae continuously fed with unfiltered water from a recirculating aquaculture system', Algal Research, 34, pp. 68–74. doi: 10.1016/j.algal.2018.07.004.

Other publications

• Tschudi, F. and Regazzoni, L. (2022) Leitfaden Aquakulturanlagen Teil 2 : Stand der Technik zur Reduktion von Emissionen. Glattbrugg: Verband Schweizer Abwasser- und Gewässerschutzfachleute. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-29136.
• Zürcher, M., Sommer, M. and Tschudi, F. (2017) 'Zwei Leitfäden für Aquakulturanlagen', Aqua & Gas, 2017(9), p. 116.
• Tschudi, F. and Stamer, A. (2012) Der Kenntnisstand zu Tierschutz und Welfare in der Speisefischproduktion. Frick: Forschungsinstitut für biologischen Landbau FiBL. Available at: http://orgprints.org/21717/.
• Tschudi, F. (2010) "Boletus Satanas" und "die Kinder der Finsternis". Zürich: Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-27996.

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