Dr. Adrian Kammer
Dr. Adrian Kammer
ZHAW
School of Engineering
Team Sustainable Energy Systems
Technoparkstrasse 2
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Position
- Lecturer for Sustainability and Energy Scenarios
- Senior Researcher for Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Cities
Focus
- Decarbonisation of the heat supply
- Utilisation of flexibility in the energy system
- Security of supply in the energy system
- Sustainable Smart Cities
Teaching
- BSc in Energy and Environmental Engineering: Teaching modules FUTUR, EnEP
- MSc in Environment and Natural Resources: Teaching modules NRMUA, NRMMA, AGFU
- BSc School of Engineering: Various context modules (ENVE, TFEL, ZURO, NATRE, IVEST)
- BSc in Mobility Sciences: Teaching Module VECO2
Professional development teaching
- CAS Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions – Data, Energy and Mobility
- WBK Grundlagen und Organisation von Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions
- WBK Data, Energy and Mobility for Sustainable Smart Cities & Regions
Experience
- Lecturer and Senior Researcher
ZHAW Institute for Sustainable Development
08 / 2021 - today - Head of Market Analysis and Long-Term Electricity Price Forecasts
BKW Energie AG
05 / 2016 - 07 / 2021 - Energy economist
BKW Energie AG
06 / 2012 - 04 / 2016 - Research assistant
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow & Landscape Research
01 / 2007 - 06 / 2011 - Freelance journalist
Zürcher Oberländer and Tages-Anzeiger
02 / 2002 - 11 / 2009
Education and Continuing education
Education
- PhD / Geography
University of Zurich
01 / 2007 - 06 / 2011 - MSc / Geography
University of Zurich
10 / 2001 - 10 / 2006
Continuing Education
- CAS Higher Education Didactics
Zurich University of Education
04 / 2023 - Graduate Leadership Programme
BKW Energie AG
10 / 2020 - CAS in applied statistics
ETH Zurich
06 / 2009
Network
Membership of networks
- Board member of "Energie Bewegt Winterthur"
- European Power Network
- Expert commission ‘Pilot and demonstration projects’ Canton of St. Gallen
Media presence
"Market liberalisation as an opportunity": Report in the Frauenfelder Nachrichten of 20.09.2023
Projects
- Decarbonisation of Cooling and Heating in Switzerland (SWEET DeCarbCH) / Team member / laufend
- Highly efficient and CO2-neutral power generation from biomass / Project leader / abgeschlossen
Publications before appointment at the ZHAW
- Kammer A., Zurmühle D., Salzmann M., Baumgartner R., Mignone D. (2015) Die Schweiz als «Batterie Europas» – Utopie oder Realität? Energiewirtschaftliche Tagesfragen, 65, 54–58.
- Hagedorn F., Kammer A., Schmidt M. W. I., Goodale C. L. (2011) Nitrogen addition alters mineralisation dynamics of 13C-depleted leaf and twig litter and reduces leaching of older DOC from mineral soil. Global Change Biology, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02603.x.
- Kammer A., Hagedorn F. (2011) Mineralisation, leaching and stabilisation of 13C-labelled leaf and twig litter in a beech forest soil. Biogeosciences, 8, 2195–2208.
- Kammer A., Schmidt M. W. I., Hagedorn F. (2011) Decomposition pathways of 13C-depleted leaf litter in forest soils of the Swiss Jura. Biogeochemistry, doi: 10.1007/s10533-011-9607-x.
- Kammer A., Tuzson B., Emmenegger L., Knohl A., Mohn J., Hagedorn F. (2011) Application of a quantum cascade laser-based spectrometer in a closed chamber system for real-time δ13C an δ18O measurements of soil-respired CO2. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151, 39–48.
- Walthert L., Graf U., Kammer A., Luster J., Pezzotta D., Zimmermann S., Hagedorn F. (2010) Determination of organic and inorganic carbon, δ13C, and nitrogen in soils containing carbonates after acid fumigation with HCl. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 173, 207–216.
- Kammer A., Hagedorn F., Shevchenko I, Leifeld J., Guggenberger G., Goryacheva T., Rigling A., Moiseev P. (2009) Treeline shifts in the Ural mountains affect soil organic matter dynamics. Global Change Biology,15, 1570–1583.