Contact
Matthias Meier
(Dr. sc. nat. ETH, Dipl. Environmental Sciences ETH)
Socio-Economics
FiBL
Ackerstrasse
CH-5070 Frick
Phone +41 (0)62 865-7220
Fax +41 (0)62 865-7273
matthias.meier(at)fibl.org
Meier Matthias
Activity Areas
- Assessment of Ecological and economic impact of farming systems
- Sustainability and life-cycle assessments of food products
Projects
- Feed no Food: Economic-ecological impact assessment of concentrate-minimised feed rations in dairy farming
- Sustainability assessment of low-input wheat production in India
- CO2-neutral crop production: Economic-ecological impact assessment
- Sustainability certification
Training / professional career
- Since 2010: Scientific assistant within de Socio-Economics at FiBL, Frick
- 2007 - 2010: Vice chairman of the MAS Integrated Risk Management, Zurich School of Applied Sciences, Winterthur
- 2000 - 2007: Co-business director and scientific assistant at EcoStrat Ltd., ecological technology assessment and environmental consulting, Zurich and Rangsdorf Berlin
- 2000 - 2007: PhD-Student at ETH Zurich, Institute of Integrative Biology
- 1993 - 1999: Studies in Environmental Sciences at ETH Zurich
Publications
- Römbke, J., Jänsch, S., Meier, M., Hilbeck, A., Teichmann, H. & Tappeser B. (2010): General recommendations for soil ecotoxicological tests suitable for the environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 6 (2), 287-300
- Hilbeck, A., Meier, M. & Benzler, A. (2008): Identifying indicator species for post-release monitoring of genetically modified, herbicide resistant crops. Euphytica 164 (3), 903-912
- Hilbeck, A., Jänsch, S., Meier, M. & Römbke, J. (2008): Analysis and validation of present ecotoxicological test methods and strategies for the risk assessment of genetically modified plants. BfN-Skripten 236. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn
- Meier, M.S. (2007): Consequences of crop to wild plant transgene flow for biodiversity of associated organisms and implications for hybrid fitness, ETH Zürich, Diss. Uwiss.
- Meier, M.S. & Hilbeck A. (2005): Faunistische Indikatoren für das Monitoring der Umweltwirkungen gentechnisch veränderter Organismen (GVO). Verfahren zur Beurteilung und Auswahl. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt, Heft 29