Dr. Roman Grüter

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Senior Researcher at Geography of Food Research Group
• Head of Master Research Unit (MRU) Agroecology and Food Systems

Focus

crop suitability modelling, alternative crops, agrobiodiversity, climate change and agriculture, GIS

Teaching

• Head Master Research Unit (MRU) Agroecology and Food Systems (MSc ENR)
• Head of Module Agrobiodiversity Summer School
• Head of Module World Food Systems (BSc UI)
• Head of Module Agriculture in Transition (from 2026 on, BSc UI)

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Soil Protection
  Department of Environmental Systems Science, ETH Zurich
  11 / 2013 - 09 / 2017
• MSc / Environmental Sciences
  Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2010 - 08 / 2013
• Bachelor / Environmental Sciences
  Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, ETH Zurich
  09 / 2007 - 05 / 2012

Continuing Education

• CAS Didactics of Higher Education
  PH Zurich
  09 / 2020
• CAS Geographic Information Systems
  Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, ETH Zurich
  05 / 2018

Network

Membership of networks

• Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft der Schweiz
• SVIAL
• SFIAR

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4441-9909

Social media

• Blog Eat Grow Change
• LinkedIn

Projects

• Sustainable Protein and Oil Crops: The potential of protein and oil crops for a transformation towards a more sustainable Swiss food system / Project leader / Start bevorstehend
• Agrobiodiversity Summer School / Project leader / laufend
• MOVING – Mountain Valorization through Interconnectedness and Green Growth / Team member / abgeschlossen
• EXTRA - Extreme weather events in agriculture / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Regionalised Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment / Team member / abgeschlossen
• CONSUS - A GIS tool for agricultural planning / Project leader / abgeschlossen
• Geography of Food Summer School & E-learning Course / Team member / abgeschlossen

Publications

• Jaisli, Isabel; Grüter, Roman,

  2024.

  Potentials of grassland-based livestock farming in Switzerland : a scenario comparison.

  Sustainability.

  16(23), pp. 10362.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/su162310362

• Grüter, Roman; Trachsel, Tim; Laube, Patrick; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2022.

  Expected global suitability of coffee, cashew and avocado due to climate change.

  PLOS ONE.

  17(1), pp. e0261976.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0261976

• Costerousse, Benjamin; Quattrini, Joel; Grüter, Roman; Frossard, Emmanuel; Thonar, Cécile,

  2021.

  Green manure effect on the ability of native and inoculated soil bacteria to mobilize zinc for wheat uptake (Triticum aestivum L.).

  Plant and Soil.

  467, pp. 287-309.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-021-05078-6

• Jaisli, Isabel; Grüter, Roman; Oehen, Bernadette; Pintar, Marina; Kontrakere Basegowda, Umesh,

  2021.

  Geography of food summer school : international exchange for sustainable food value chains

  .

  In:

  Leal Filho, W.; Salvia, A.L.; Brandli, L.; Azeiteiro, U.; Pretorius, R., eds.,

  Universities, Sustainability and Society : Supporting the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.

  Springer.

  pp. 107-122.

  World Sustainability Series.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63399-8_8

• Wyss, Eva, ed.,

  2024.

  Tierische Produkte und ihre pflanzlichen Alternativprodukte im Vergleich : Preis-und Kostenstrukturen.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31683

• Baumer, Beatrice; Kummer, Carmen; Stucki, Matthias; Näf, Melissa; Grüter, Roman; Frei, Sabine,

  2024.

  Guide: 30 Lebensmittel für die Zukunft.

  Zürich:

  WWF Schweiz.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31661

• Felder, Beat; Grüter, Roman; Schumacher, Peter,

  2023.

  Luzern : moderner Weinbaukanton mit Potenzial.

  Obst- und Weinbau.

  2023(6), pp. 6-9.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-27784

• Grüter, Roman; Ringgenberg, Joel; Ratnaweera, Nils; Rahn, Hanno; Schumacher, Peter,

  2023.

  Standortanalyse von pilzwiderstandsfähigen Rebsorten für den Kanton Luzern (Offensive Spezialkulturen).

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31678

• Grüter, Roman; Kummer, Carmen; Koll, Maurice; Rahn, Hanno; Jaisli, Isabel,

  2022.

  Standortanalyse von Spezialkulturen und Spezialitäten im Ackerbau für den Kanton Luzern (Offensive Spezialkulturen).

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31812

• Grüter, Roman; Veith, Claudia,

  2021.

  Klimawandel in der Schweizer Landwirtschaft : bereits jetzt anpassen?.

  e-agil.

  2021(1), pp. 9.

  Available from: https://www.1kcloud.com/ep160811ac63ef05/#1

• Grüter, Roman; Forrer, Carmen; Buchmann, Fabienne; Vogel, Roger; Ratnaweera, Nils,

  0009.

  Impact of climate change on black pepper (Piper nigrum L.) cultivation : a global suitability analysis.

  Wädenswil:

  ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32658

Publications before appointment at the ZHAW

• Long-term organic matter application reduces cadmium but not zinc concentrations in wheat
• Green manure effects on zinc and cadmium accumulation in wheat grains (Triticum aestivum L.) on high and low zinc soils
• Green manure and long-term fertilization effects on soil zinc and cadmium availability and uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) at different growth stages
• Organic Wheat Farming Improves Grain Zinc Concentration

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