Verones, Francesca

ETH Zurich Francesca Verones Institute for Environmental Engineering HIF C 44 Schafmattstrasse 6 8093 Zurich Telefon: +41 44 633 69 69 Fax: +41 44 633 10 61 E-Mail:

Background

Research Activities & Interests

• Development of a global methodology for the assessment of agricultural (ground-) water use impacts on terrestrial biodiversity (see project description )

Journal Publications

• Modeling the Local Biodiversity Impacts of Agricultural Water Use: Case Study of a Wetland in the Coastal Arid Area of Peru
  Verones, Francesca; Bartl, Karin; Pfister, Stephan; Jiménez Vílchez, Ricardo; Hellweg, Stefanie
  Environmental Science&Technology 2012, online available

• Characterization Factors for Thermal Pollution in Freshwater Aquatic Environments
  Verones, Francesca; Hanafiah, Marlia Mohd; Pfister, Stephan; Huijbregts, Mark A. J.; Pelletier, Gregory J.; Koehler, Annette
  Environmental Science&Technology 2010, 44, 9364-9369

Conference Proceedings & Presentations

• Using simplified water budgeting to estimate environmental impacts in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) (Poster Presentation)
  Verones F.; Bartl K.; Pfister S.; Hellweg S
  Hydrogeology of arid environments
  Hannover (Germany) 14-17 March 2012
• Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to estimate water use damages on wetlands (Poster and Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.; Pfister S.; Hellweg S.
  Water and Wetlands in the Mediterranean: from Grado to Agadir, the next 20 years. International Symposium, Agadir (Morocco), 6-8 February 2012
• Aquatic biodiversity impacts in LCA (Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.; Tendall D.; Gaillard G.; Hellweg S.
  ecotech&tools: Environmental & Integrated Assessment of Complex Systems: Biosystems - Water - Land Management, Montpelleir (France), 30 November-2 December 2011
• Water use in LCA (Oral Presentation in Workshop on Resource Impact Assessment in LCA)
  Verones F.
  World Resources Forum 2011: Shaping the Future of Natural Resources - Towards a Green Economy, Davos (Switzerland), 19-21 September 2011
• The importance of the origin of water for impact assessment in semi-arid areas: the example of mandarin production in a coastal area in Peru (Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.; Bartl K.; Pfister S.; Hellweg S.
  ISIE 2011: Science, Systems and Sustainability, Berkeley (USA), 7-10 June 2011
• Wasser für Melonen (Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.
  Teffpunkt Sciene City: Weltwasser, Zürich (Switzerland), 3 April 2011
• myEcosystem - The impact of northern consumption on Southern ecosystems (Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.; Curran M.; de Baan L.; Hellweg S.
  North-South Forum: Green Economy: Development opportunity or latest buzzword?, Bern (Switzerland), 25 November 2010
• Water use impacts on groundwater dependent ecosystems: a framework for identifying hotspots of potential damage (Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.
  42^nd LCA Discussion Forum: Integrating biodiversity in LCA, Lausanne (Switzerland), 19 November 2010
• Characterization Factors for Cooling water emissions to freshwater Bodies (Poster Presentation)
  Verones F.; Mohd Hanafiah M.; Pfister S.; Huijbregts M.A.J.; Pelletier G.J.; Koehler A.
  Ecobalance 2010: Towards&Beyond 2020, Tokyo (Japan), 9-12 November 2010
• Water-use related impacts on Terrestrial Ecosystems: the Case of Milk Production in Peru (Poster Presentation)
  Verones F.; Bartl K.; Koehler A.; Pfister S.; Hellweg S.
  Ecobalance 2010: Towards&Beyond 2020, Tokyo (Japan), 9-12 November 2010
• Assessing and Compensating the Biodiversity Impact of Agricultural Products in the North-South Context - "myEcosystem" (Poster presentation)
  Verones F.; de Baan L.; Curran M.; Koellner T.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.
  Tropentag 2010: World food system - a contribution from Europe, Zurich (Switzerland), 14-16 September 2010
• Developing a methodology for assessing the impact of agricultural water needs on groundwater-dependent terrestrial ecosystems (Poster Presentation)
  Verones F.; Nägeli C.; Koehler A.; Hellweg S.; Pfister S.
  20^th SETAC Annual meeting: Science and Technology for Environmental Protection, Seville (Spain), 23-27 May 2010
• Characterization factors for thermal pollution in freshwater aquatic environments (Oral Presentation)
  Verones F.; Mohd Hanafiah M.; Pfister S.; Huijbregts M.A.J.; Pelletier G.J.; Koehler A.
  20^th SETAC Annual meeting: Science and Technology for Environmental Protection, Seville (Spain), 23-27 May 2010

Teaching

• Environmental Laboratory I