CURRICULUM VITAE
ELVIRA GRABENSTEINER
Academic degrees:
Nationality:
E-mail:
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MVM (Mag.med.vet.), DVM (Dr.med.vet.)
Austria
elvira.grabensteiner@gmx.at
Past and present appointments
since 03/2009
employed at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES), division
PharmMed, Austrian Medicines and Medical Devices Agency
10/2002 – 03/2009
employed as assistant vet at the Clinic for Avian, Reptile and Fish Medicine at the
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Austria
Specialisation in clincal work: reptile medicine
Specialisation in research: protozoal infections in birds
10/2002 – 11/2002
deputyship on a daily basis in a small animal clinic in Vienna, Austria
09/2001 - 09/2002
employed at the Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) at
the Department for Microbiology (working fields: virology and GM technology)
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Education
05/1999 –11/2000
24/11/2000
10/ 1993 –04/1999
30/04/1999
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thesis at the Insitute for Clinical Virology at the University of Veterinary Medicine
Vienna, Austria
obtainment of the doctorate of veterinary medicine (DVM)
(with excellent success)
course of study of veterinary medicine at the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna,
Austria
graduation as master of veterinary medicine (MVM)
Postgraduate professional education
10/2004
job training at the Institute for Zoology, Fish Biology and Fish Diseases,
Ludwig-Maximillians-University Munich (Germany)
04/2004
job training at the Avian and Exotic Animal Clinic, Faculty of Veterinary
Medicine University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno (Czech Republic)
job training at the Institute for Avian Diseases, Ludwig-Maximillians University
Munich (Germany)
08/2002
01/2001 - 06/2001
job training with small animals and exotic pets in a private veterinary
clinic in Vienna
Memberships:
Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarians (USA)
Association of Avian Veterinarians (USA)
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (ÖGHT)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde (DGHT)
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2000
1999
1997
Honours and Rewards
Research fellowship of the University of Veterinary Medicine
Scholarship of the University of Veterinary Medicine for performing the thesis
Reward of the H. Wilhelm Schaumann Foundation Hamburg for best student
performance in the year 1996