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Andreas Hund is a Privatdozent (equivalent to Associate Professor) at ETH Zürich, working within the Department of Environmental Systems Science and specifically the Institute of Agricultural Sciences. He is based at the Crop Science Professorship (Professur für Kulturpflanzenwissenschaften) at Eschikon 33 in Lindau, Switzerland. His research focuses on the adaptation of crop varieties to low nitrogen input conditions and abiotic stress, with a particular emphasis on wheat development under field conditions.
Hund's research trajectory shows he began with genome mapping of root development in maize before shifting focus to field-based crop development research. He leads work utilizing the Field Phenotyping Platform (FIP) and Phenofly infrastructure for continuous wheat phenotyping throughout its development cycle. His research integrates advanced phenotyping techniques, drone technology, and statistical modeling to address challenges in crop adaptation to changing environmental conditions.
His publication record demonstrates a clear focus on high-throughput field phenotyping, particularly using drone-based technologies for wheat monitoring. His recent work addresses challenges in thermal imaging of crops, development of comprehensive phenotyping datasets, disease resistance monitoring, and analysis of crop responses to environmental stresses. The research shows an increasing integration of digital technologies with traditional plant breeding approaches, with applications for climate-adaptive agriculture.
Hund is an active member of the European Association for Research on Plant Breeding and the Swiss Society of Agronomy (SSA). His ORCID identifier is 0000-0002-2309-1625, indicating his active participation in the scholarly community.
He teaches courses including 'Current Challenges in Plant Breeding' and 'Experimental Design and Applied Statistics in Agroecosystem Science,' contributing to the education of the next generation of agricultural scientists. His work on the FIP platform and related phenotyping technologies represents a significant contribution to the field of precision agriculture and crop improvement.
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