Memberships: European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR), European Society for Domestic Animal Reproduction (ESDAR), Academy of Veterinary Education (ATF) e.V. Bonn, Germany

Professional activity:

since 01.10.2013
Associate Professor for Reproduction at the Department of Large Animal Sciences, Section for Veterinary Reproduction and Obstetrics, Copenhagen university, Denmark (permanent position)

01.10.2002 – 25.08.2013
Scientific assistant (BAT IIa/TvH19) at the Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology of Large and Small Animals with Veterinary Ambulance (KGGA), Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany – clinical services (large and small animals), supervision of assistants, teaching for students and PhD students. 2008-2013 in charge of the small animal section.

April 2010 – September 2011
Admission to the ProProfessur Projekt, mentoring for female scientists on their way to Professorship; mentor Prof. Dr. Dr. Ralf Einspanier, FU Berlin

01.12.2001 – 30.09.2002
Job shadowing at the KGGA, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Bostedt

07.01. – 28.03.2002
Placement at Bayer AG, Monheim; Germany, Division Animal Health, ressort marketing, portfoliomanagement companion animals (Dr. Norbert Mencke)

01.10.1996 – 22.11.2001
Studies of veterinary medicine at the Justus-Liebig-University, Gießen, Germany (Approbation, result 1.68)

Further professional and academic qualifications:

22.01.2014
Habilitation; Dr. habil.: Downregulation of testicular function in the male dog and tom cat: Endocrine and clinical aspects as well as characterisation of downregulation and recrudescence of spermatogenesis following downregulation in the male dog

12./13.11.2010
Diplomate European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR)

24.08.2006
German Diplomate for Animal Reproduction and Biotechnology of Reproduction

11.02.2005
Viva voce (Rigorosum); Dr. med. vet.: Light and electron microscopic examinations of stallion semen and biochemical analyses of the seminal plasma

Awards, Prizes won

07.03.2013
Winner of the Award of the Dres. Jutta & Georg Bruns-Foundation for innovative Veterinary Medicine 2013

20.10.2012
Winner of the poster award of the German Society for small animal medicine of the German Veterinary Society (DGK-DVG)

13.11.2011
Winner of the European Veterinary Award of the Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft

Special duties:

since 06.07.2013
elected board member of the European Veterinary Society for Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR)

Publications:
35 Original research papers (25 as first author), 18 reviews, 4 book chapters, 1 editorial, 97 abstracts in peer-reviewed international journals