Dr. Linda Tschirren

Work at ZHAW

Position

Research associate - research group aquaculture systems

Focus

Aquaculture, fish biology, fish welfare, stress physiology

Teaching

• Bachelor Environmental Engineering
• Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Ecology and Evolution
  University of Bern
  09 / 2016 - 07 / 2021
• Master / Behavioural Ecology
  University of Bern
  09 / 2008 - 07 / 2011
• Bachelor / Zoology
  University of Bern
  09 / 2004 - 07 / 2008

Continuing Education

• Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) in management-oriented economics
  ZHAW
  07 / 2021
• LTK Modul 2 - Study directors
  University of Zurich
  02 / 2018
• Diploma of Advanced Studies (DAS) in Applied Statistics
  ETH
  08 / 2017

Network

Membership of networks

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5272-421X

• European Aquaculture Society (EAS)
• Innovationgroup Aquaculture
• Koordinationsstelle Aquakultur Schweiz

Social media

• ResearchGate
• LinkedIn

Projects

• DOLORES - Development of a prototype of low-tech, space efficient soilless cultivation (aquaponics) for refugee camps in Jordan / Deputy project leader / Project ongoing
• SAMAKI AFYA: Facilitating economic viability of fish farms through better fish health / Project leader / Project ongoing
• INtegrated and Circular Technologies for Sustainable city region FOOD systems in Africa (INCiTiS-FOOD) / Team member / Project ongoing
• LOFT – Local food for the future / Team member / Project ongoing
• Evaluation of methods for monitoring the quality of treated domestic grey water for water re-use / Team member / Project completed
• AWACS – Animal Welfare Assessment and Control System for Fish Farms / Project leader / Project completed
• Fish Welfare / Deputy project leader / Project completed

Publications

• 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

• Tschirren, Linda; Siebenmann, Seraina; Pietsch-Schmied, Constanze,

  2018.

  Toxicity of ochratoxin to early life stages of zebrafish (Danio rerio).

  Toxins.

  10(7), pp. 264.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/toxins10070264

• Schütz, Dolores; Tschirren, Linda; Pachler, Gudrun; Grubbauer, Pia; Taborsky, Michael,

  2017.

  Sperm-limited males save ejaculates for future matings when competing with superior rivals.

  Animal Behaviour.

  2017(125), pp. 3-12.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2016.12.016

• von Kuerthy, Corinna; Tschirren, Linda; Taborsky, Michael,

  2015.

  Alternative reproductive tactics in snail shell-brooding cichlids diverge in energy reserve allocation.

  Ecology and Evolution.

  5(10), pp. 2060-2069.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.1495

• Taborsky, Barbara; Tschirren, Linda; Meunier, Clémence; Aubin-Horth, Nadia,

  2013.

  Stable reprogramming of brain transcription profiles by the early social environment in a cooperatively breeding fish.

  Proceedings of the Royal Society B.

  280(1753).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.2605

• Tschirren, Linda; Pietsch-Schmied, Constanze,

  2018.

  Comparing the sensitivity of different fish species to optimize the assessment of mycotoxin toxicity [poster].

  In:

  Meeting of the World Aquaculture Society, Montpellier, France, 25-29 August 2018.

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