Dr. Christian Zipper

Dr. Christian Zipper
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Forschungsschwerpunkt Technology Assessment
Technoparkstrasse 2
8400 Winterthur
Membership of networks
Vorsitzender Normenkommission Risikomanagement (INB/NK 198)
Projects
- Validierung eines Evaluationssystems für die Zirkularität von Produkten im Sinne einer nachhaltigen Kreislaufwirtschaft / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Onlinezeiten-Fussabdruckrechner / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Resilience and efficiency of smart and sustainable power grids: mesoscopic modelling and stochastic simulation / Deputy project leader / Project completed
- Analysis of potential for Internet of Things (IoT) to act as an enabler for climate protection and the Energy Strategy 2050 / Project leader / Project completed
- UNCTAD Strategic Foresight / Team member / Project completed
- Sustainability assessment of the CO2 methanation value chain: environmental impacts and socio-economic drivers and barriers / Project leader / Project completed
Publications
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Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; López, Luis; Kuehn, Tobias; Roth, Raoul; Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Zipper, Christian,
2018.
Social life cycle assessment : specific approach and case study for Switzerland.
Sustainability.
10(12), pp. 4382.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su10124382
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Mock, Ralf Günter; Zipper, Christian,
2020.
In:
Baraldi, Piero; Di Maio, Francesco; Zio, Enrico, eds.,
Proceedings of the 30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference.
30th European Safety and Reliability Conference and 15th Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Management Conference (ESREL2020 PSAM15), Venice, Italy, 1-5 November 2020.
Singapore:
Research Publishing.
Available from: https://www.rpsonline.com.sg/proceedings/esrel2020/pdf/3827.pdf
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Mock, Ralf Günter; Zipper, Christian,
2017.
Embedding resilience assessment into risk management [paper].
In:
Cepin, Marko; Bris, Radim, eds.,
Safety and reliability : theory and applications.
27th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2017), Portoroz, Slovenia, 18-22 June 2017.
London:
Taylor & Francis.
pp. 1009-1014.
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Mock, Ralf Günter; Lopez de Obeso, Luis; Zipper, Christian; Schönenberger, Micha,
2017.
Resilience assessment of internet of things : a case study on smart buildings [paper].
In:
Risk, reliability and safety : innovating theory and practice.
26th European Safety and Reliability Conference (ESREL 2016), Glasgow, UK, 25-29 September 2016.
London:
Taylor & Francis.
pp. 2260-2267.
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Carabias-Hütter, Vicente; Wettstein, Sarah; Stucki, Matthias; Lopez de Obeso, Luis; Lobsiger-Kägi, Evelyn; Schneider, Gabriel; Baier, Jens; Burri, Adrian; Zipper, Christian,
2018.
Winterthur:
ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.
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Mock, Ralf Günter; Zipper, Christian,
2017.
Risiko : das Ende eines Konzeptes?.
Sicherheitsforum.
2017(1), pp. 45-47.
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Lopez de Obeso, Luis; Mock, Ralf Günter; Zipper, Christian,
2016.
In:
Proceedings of the 6th International Disaster and Risk Conference, : IDRC Davos 2016, Extended Abstract Collection, Integrative Risk Management - towards resilient cities, 28 August - 01 September.
6th International Disaster and Risk Conference (IDRC Davos 2016), Davos, 28 August - 1 September 2016.
Global Risk Forum.
pp. 393-397.
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Mock, Ralf Günter; Zipper, Christian,
2016.
Risikomanagement : Herausforderung auch für Profis.
Management und Qualität.
45(7-8), pp. 18-19.
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
Kohler, H.P., K. Nickel and C. Zipper (2000). Effect of chirality on the microbial degradation and the environmental fate of chiral pollutants. In: Advances in Microbial Ecology, (Schink, B. ed.) Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., NY. 16: 201-231.
Kohler, H.- P.E., K. Nickel, M. Bunk and Ch. Zipper (1999). Microbial transformation of the chiral pollutants Mecoprop and Dichlorprop. In: Novel Approaches for Bioremediation of Organic Pollution (Fass et al. ed), Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publ. New York.
Zipper, C., C. Bolliger, T. Fleischmann, M.J.F. Suter, W.Angst, M.D. Müller & H.P. Kohler (1999). Fate of the herbicides mecoprop, dichlorprop, and 2,4-D in aerobic and anaerobic sewage sludge as determined by laboratory batch studies and enantiomer-specific analysis. Biodegradation 10:271-278.
Zipper, C. (1998). Microbial Degradation and Environmental Fate of Chiral Phenoxyalkanoic Acid Herbicides. Diss. ETH No. 12543, PhD thesis.
Zipper, C., M.J.-F. Suter, S. B. Haderlein, M. Gruhl, and H.-P.E. Kohler (1998). Changes in the enantiomeric ratio of (R)- to (S)-mecoprop indicate in situ biodegradation of this chiral herbicide in a polluted aquifer. Environ. Sci. Technol. 32:2070-2076.
Zipper, C., M. Bunk, A. J. B. Zehnder and H.-P. E. Kohler (1998). Enantioselective Uptake and Degradation of the Chiral Herbicide Dichlorprop ((RS)-2-(2,4-Dichlorophenoxy)propanoic acid) by Sphingomonas herbicidovorans MH. J. Bacteriol. 180(13): 3368-3374.
Kohler, H.P.E., Ch. Zipper and K. Nickel (1997). Umweltdynamik chiraler Schadstoffe - die Notwendigkeit einer Stereoisomeren-spezifischen Betrachtung in Umwelt und Chemie, ed. E. Bayer, K. Ballschmiter, H. Behret, F.H. Frimmel, W. Merz und U. Obst. GDCH Monographie Bd. 8, Heinz Spengler GmbH, Frankfurt.
Zipper, C., K. Nickel, W. Angst, and H.-P. E. Kohler (1996). Complete microbial degradation of both enantiomers of the chiral herbicide mecoprop ((RS))-2-(4-chloro-2-methylphenoxy)propionic acid) in an enantioselective manner by Sphingomonas herbicidovorans sp. nov. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:4318-4322.
Simoni, S., S. Klinke, C. Zipper, W. Angst and H.-P. E. Kohler (1996). Enantioselective metabolism of chiral 3-phenylbutyric acid, an intermediate of linear alkylbenzene degradation, by Rhodococcus rhodochrous PB1. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62(3): 749-755.