Staff
Kilian Perrelet
Kilian Perrelet
About Me
As part of the Blue-Green Biodiversity Initiative, I am currently pursuing a joint PhD at Eawag and WSL, under the supervision of Dr. Lauren Cook, Dr. Marco Moretti, and Prof. Dr. Florian Altermatt. Fascinated by biodiversity, I strongly believe that urban areas stand to benefit greatly from its conservation. Through the implementation of blue-green infrastructure (BGI), cities can not only support conservation efforts, but also benefit from a multitude of ecosystem functions and services that biodiversity underpins.
My research focuses on the impact of urbanization on both aquatic and terrestrial biological communities, and their interactions. Through the use of state-of-the-art environmental DNA metabarcoding, remote sensing, and statistical modeling, I aim to understand how BGI can be designed to conserve biodiversity and strengthen the critical linkages between aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Additionally, I aim to understand how biodiversity may, in return, enhance various ecosystem services provided by BGI, and ultimately find solutions to engineer for and with biodiversity.
Peer-reviewed publications
- Perrelet, K., Moretti, M., Dietzel, A. et al. Engineering blue-green infrastructure for and with biodiversity in cities. npj Urban Sustainability 4, 27 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42949-024-00163-y
- Blackman, R., Couton, M., Keck, F., Kirschner, D., Carraro, L., Cereghetti, E., Perrelet, K., Bossart, R., Brantschen, J., Zhang, Y., & Altermatt, F. (2024). Environmental DNA: The next chapter. Molecular Ecology, 33, e17355. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17355
Projects
Curriculum Vitae
| 09.2021-present |
PhD student in the Urban Water Management and Aquatic Ecology Departments Eawag and WSL |
| 09.2019-07.2021 |
M.Sc in biology University of Geneva Studied environmental DNA metabarcoding as a tool for assessing the diversity and seasonality of the animal community in a glacier-fed stream |
| 09.2016-07.2019 |
B.Sc. in biology University of Geneva |
Address
| E-Mail: | kilian.perrelet@cluttereawag.ch |
| Phone: | +41 58 765 6830 |
| Fax: | +41 58 765 5802 |
| Address: | Eawag
Überlandstrasse 133 8600 Dübendorf |
| Office: | BU D08 |
Research Group
Focalpoints
Biodiversity
Blue-green infrastructure
Environmental DNA (eDNA)
Ecology