General contact

Dr. Gabrielle Stalder is head of the working group. She is involved in a wide range of research on wildlife anaesthesia, wildlife diseases and ecophysiology of wildlife species. Her research interests include the microbiome and the ecophysiological acclimatization of wild animals.

Dr. Johanna Painer is an expert in advanced ultra-sonography, reproductive management, internal medicine and animal welfare. As such, she works in various research and conservation projects concerning wildlife anaesthesia, reproductive management, biomimetics and wildlife crime.

Dr. Friederike Pohlin has a broad scientific background in wildlife anaesthesia and game management.  Her current research is directed towards improving wild animal immobilisation and the assessment of stress and animal welfare during wildlife translocation.

Dr. Szilvia K. Kalogeropoulu has an extensive scientific knowledge in zoological medicine. Her current research is focusing on the systemic effects of chronic-low grade inflammation in different captive as well as traded and farmed wildlife species (biomimetic approach). 
Szilvia Kalogeropoulu is also currently replacing Johanna Painer-Gigler during maternity leave.

Hathaipat Rattanathanya is a veterinarian and is currently doing her PhD. Her thesis focuses on developing new ways to treat opioid-induced adverse effects in etorphin-immobilized ungulates.

Anita Metzinger supports our team as a student assistant. Anita studied biology and is currently in the last year of her study of veterinary medicine at the University of Vienna and her Master's degree in wildlife management and ecology.  She actively contributes to research and is committed to hands-on learning in wildlife medicine. She is currently writing her diploma thesis on the histomorphology of the rhinoceros spleen and her master's thesis on chronic kidney disease in big non-domestic felids.