Food security

Agri-food & Agri-environmental Economics, Prof. Dr. Bernard Lehmann
Agricultural use of natural resources and associated value-added systems in the food sector as well as the resulting external effects on the ecosystem services or the environmental quality; better understanding of linkages between global and local food-markets, value chains and the local natural resources.

Animal Nutrition, Prof. Dr. Michael Kreuzer
Sustainable feeding and food quality, rumen physiology and environment and tropical livestock nutrition; identification of the reasons for the special quality of alpine milk, of promising ways of methane abatement from ruminants and of strategies of ruminant nutrition in developing countries being not competitive to human food production

Applied Entomology, Prof. Dr. Silvia Dorn
Insect-plant interactions, particularly as a basis for more sustainable landscape, crop and pest management; key topics with herbivore pest insects, parasitoids and native bees include dispersal and foraging, chemically mediated interactions as well as natural resource based pest management in agroecosystems

Consumer Behavior, Prof. Dr. Michael Siegrist
Risk perception, risk communication, acceptance of new technologies and decision making under uncertainty in relation to food and consumer behavior

Food Biotechnology (I), Prof. Dr. Christophe  Lacroix
Development of technologies for production of lactic acid and probiotic bacteria and control and modulation of physiology; the molecular characterization and utilization of specific metabolic activities of food bacteria and bifidobacteria; modeling, control and optimization of complex food biotechnological processes such as cheese manufacture

Food Biotechnology (II), Prof. Dr. Leo Meile
Biodiversity of microorganisms in fermented food, their specific attributes and functions; typology of food-related microorganisms including antibiotics resistance profiles as contributions to food quality improvement and security

Grassland Science, Prof. Dr. Nina Buchmann
Plant and ecosystem physiology, biogeochemistry of terrestrial ecosystems, i.e. forest, grassland and cropland, particularly the response of soil and ecosystem carbon, nitrogen and water dynamics to climatic conditions and management regimes, interactions among biodiversity, ecosystem functions/services, and sustainable resource use, workpackage leader to various international projects on carbon and nitrogen fluxes in ecosystems

Human Nutrition, Prof. Dr. Richard Hurrell
Mass spectrometry techniques for measurement of mineral and micro nutrients and their absorption; food fortification; relationship of nutrition and health (e.g. diabetes); micro nutrient deficiency (Iron, Iodine) in developing countries

Natural and Social Science Interface, Prof. Dr. Roland Scholz
Environmental decision making in human-environment interactions; complex environmental system analysis and problem solving; risk assessment and modeling, in vivo and in vitro research on negotiation and bargaining, practical consulting experience, and research into the theory of science; HES-based transdisciplinary processes for sustainability learning

Plant Biotechnology, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Gruissem
Chloroplast systems biology, functional genomics and modeling of plant isoprenoid biosynthesis, coordination of cell cycle control and differentiation, Biotechnology of cassava, rice and wheat

Plant Nutrition, Prof. Dr. Emmanuel Frossard
Focus on element cycling in agro- ecosystems; processes and mechanisms that control the transfer of elements from the soil to the roots, concepts to ensure adequate mineral nutrient supply to crops while maintaining the natural resource base and minimizing negative impacts on the environment, improving agricultural systems towards sustainable production

Plant Pathology, Prof. Dr. Bruce McDonald
Research at the intersection of the fields of plant pathology, population genetics, evolutionary biology, and mycology

Problems of Developing Countries (NADEL), Prof. Dr. Rolf Kappel
Economic policies and institutional reforms in developing countries; environment and resource policy in developing countries; strategic issues in development policy.

Soil Protection, Prof. Dr. Rainer Schulin
Phyto-management of contaminated soils, Plant uptake of trace elements and nanoparticles, Plant responses to the presence of elevated trace element concentrations or nutrient deficiencies in soil, Partnership with Isfahan University of Technology on soil management in arid agroecosystems

Emeriti

Prof. Dr. em. Felix Escher (Institute of Food Science and Nutrition)
Optimisation of food quality during processing, preservation and storage; emphasis on thermal processes (such as sterilisation, frying, roasting and dehydration) and on the relationship between structure, physical properties and quality of foods »»

Prof. Dr. em. Peter Stamp (Agronomy and Plant Breeding)
Plant cultivation for environmentally friendly cultivation systems, including root development and stress resistance as well as the analysis of androgenetic fundamentals »»

Prof. Dr. em. Caspar Wenk (Animal Sciences)
Physiology of digestion and energy metabolism; nutrient cycles; the functional mechanisms of feed additives and the quality of animal products »»