Lisa Rettl -Historian specialising in National Socialism, culture of remembrance, minority politics and anti-fascist resistance

From 2014 to 2018, Lisa Rettl led the FWF project"The University of Veterinary Medicine under National Socialism", where she and her research team broke new ground in the history of science: two monographs on the history of the University of Veterinary Medicine (Wallstein Verlag) emerged from this research. The results form the essential basis for the Vetmeduni's examination of the Nazi era. In the year of remembrance 2025, Rettl researched traces of expelled Jewish students of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna in Israel for her project "Healing Remembrance" and conducted interviews with descendants. The project was carried out at the Centre for Jewish Studies at the University of Graz. The research project was supported by the National Fund of the Republic of Austria, the Future Fund of the Republic of Austria, the David Herzog Foundation, Vetmeduni and the Austrian Veterinary Chamber (ÖTK).

About Lisa Rettl

Andreas Bergthaler -From veterinary medicine to the Professorship of Molecular Immunology at MedUni Vienna

Andreas Bergthaler studied veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine and completed his doctorate at the Institute of Experimental Immunology at the University of Zurich. He spent time abroad at the Royal Dick School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh, (UK) and at the Department of Immunology, University of Tokyo (Japan). He worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Geneva (CH) and at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle (US). He habilitated in virology at MedUni Vienna, has headed a research group at the CeMM Research Centre for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna since 2011 and has been a professor at MedUni Vienna since 2022.

The Bergthaler Lab | Home | infectious disease research laboratory, Vienna, Austria

Marie-Theres Hoyer-Kammerhofer, Karin Kamm - cat practice in Vienna

The two veterinarians specialise in cat patients and opened their own cat practice in Vienna in 2015. The practice is run as a Gold Cat Friendly Clinic (according to ISFM International Society of Feline Medicine and International Cat Care).

Karin Kamm completed her doctorate at the Vetmeduni in 2003 and subsequently gained extensive practical experience in various small animal clinics. She also worked in scientific support at Merial SAS, where she focussed on feline vaccines and infectious diseases. She deepened her expertise in feline medicine through special further training, including the GPCert Feline Medicine training programme at the European School of Veterinary Postgraduate Studies (ESVPS).

Marie-Theres Hoyer-Kammerhofer completed her doctorate at the Vetmeduni in 2006 and also specialised in feline medicine. She is a Diplomate of the American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (ABVP) specialising in Feline Practice and has international practical experience, which she gained in Australia (Valentine Charlton Cat Centre, University of Sydney) and in the USA (Cat Care Clinic/California).

To the cat practice

Werner Hagmüller - Self-employment instead of a midlife crisis

Werner Hagmüller studied at the Vetmeduni from 1992 to 1999 and completed his doctorate at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover.
In order to promote animal health on a broad scale, he founded his own pig farming consultancy at the age of 50. The son of a dairy farmer, he moved from cattle to pigs through his many years of involvement in organic farming and now runs a small fattening pig farm with direct marketing.

Pig expertise Dr Werner Hagmüller

Magdalena Schimke - From a Danish start-up to her own company

Born in Salzburg, Magdalena Schimke completed her Master's degree in Biomedicine at the Vetmeduni in 2009 and spent time at the University of California San Diego for her Master's thesis. She completed her PhD at the University of Innsbruck, at the Institute for Biomedical Ageing Research.
She is now a senior employee at a Danish start-up company and has also set up her own company.

Regine Anour-Sengstschmid - Alumna, veterinarian and scriptwriter

After studying veterinary medicine in Vienna and Washington State/USA and completing a doctorate in "RAO in Horses", she moved to England, where she took up a position in a small animal/exotic clinic. After returning home, she pursued her second career goal in addition to her practical work as a small animal vet in Brunn am Gebirge: writing. There her focus shifted more and more towards film and television and since 2011 she has been working as a freelance author for various TV and cinema projects.

In her free time, she enjoys good books, tries to inspire her family to go mushroom hunting and occasionally makes a foray into the stand-up comedy scene.