Adrian Rutzer

Adrian Rutzer is a driving force behind projects that are advancing the digital agroecological transformation.

His passion for the environment and technology led him to a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering, which he completed in 2019 specialising in organic farming and horticulture. During this time, Adrian developed a deep enthusiasm for data analysis and the clear communication of scientific findings. This led him to a Master's degree in Applied Computational Life Science in 2022.

In his master's thesis, Adrian developed a real-time online tool for water saving in Swiss agriculture, based on an FAO crop yield prediction model. He deepened his expertise as a research assistant at the ZHAW, where he worked on Innosuisse's sustainable innovation projects. His work on modelling the mineralisation of fertilisers and on greenwashing detection using natural language processing (NLP) and topic modelling is particularly noteworthy.

At the Institute of Agroecology, Adrian is responsible for the further development of data-based sustainability solutions and the transformation of scientific findings into practicable applications.

«Driven by my passion for data analysis and clear scientific communication, I want to drive the agroecological transformation of agriculture and develop sustainable solutions. Together with the IfA, I want to enable players in agriculture to make empirically based decisions and integrate ecological principles into practice.»

• Environmental Calculator: Associate
• Swiss Sustainability matrix - making sustainability transparent and accessible: Project leader
• Organics that go further - retour aux sources: Associate