Fabio Rezzonico

Dr. Fabio Rezzonico is a researcher at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), affiliated with the School of Life Sciences and Facility Management and the Institute of Natural Resource Sciences. His work spans plant pathology, bacterial genomics, and environmental microbiology.

His research focuses on:

• Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) epidemiology and control
• Development of molecular diagnostic tools (qPCR, CRISPR typing)
• Genomic analysis of plant-associated bacteria
• Environmental microbiology in aquaponics and wastewater systems
• Assisted migration in forest ecosystems

Notable projects include:

• Fire Blight App for Central Asia (completed) - a citizen science tool for disease mapping
• Antibiotic resistances in Enterobacteria (completed) - studying NDM-producing bacteria
• MinION2FixID (completed) - nanopore sequencing for bacterial ID
• Evaluation of benefits and risk of assisted migration in Fagus species (completed)

He collaborates extensively across disciplines, particularly with Swiss and international microbiology teams. Publications include work in Phytopathology Research, Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease, and Journal of Plant Pathology.