Prof. Dr. med. vet. Marcus Clauss

Head of Research and
Co-director Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife

Spezialisierung

Digestive Physiology

Nutrition and Biology of Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife

Sprachen

German | English | French

Mitgliedschaften

Society of Swiss Veterinarians
European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians
European Zoo Nutrition Group
European Society of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition

Interessensgebiete

Evolution, digestive physiology, nutrition, husbandry, medicine, management of animals; philosophy of science

Additional qualifications
Master of Science in Wild Animal Health (London)
Certified Veterainry Specialist in Animal Nutrition (Bavaria, Germany)
Diplomate (board exam) of the European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition

Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverance, not mastery. (R. Powers, The Gold Bug Variations)

Scientific achievement narratives

Ausbildung und Werdegang

since 2024Ordinary professor ad personam
Co-Director, Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife, Vetsuisse Faculty,
University of Zurich, Switzerland

since 2013Extraordinary professor ad personam

since 2008Guest professor for animal nutrition (Prof. G. Janssens) of Ghent University, Belgium

2006Habilitation thesis LMU Munich, Germany (animal nutrition)

since 2005Head of Research
Clinic for Zoo Animals, Exotic Pets and Wildlife (Prof. J.-M. Hatt)
Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2000 – 2005Research Assistant at the Institute of Animal Physiology, Physiological Chemistry and Animal Nutrition, LMU Munich, Germany (Prof. E. Kienzle)

2000Doctoral thesis (Dr. med. vet.) LMU Munich, Germany (animal nutrition)

1998 – 2000Research Assistant at the Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)
(Director: Prof. R. R. Hofmann) in the Research Group for Nutritional Adaptations (Dr. M. Lechner-Doll), Berlin, Germany

1997 – 1998MSc in Wild Animal Health at the ZSL / RVC, London, Great Britain

1991 – 1997Studies of Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Germany

Publikationen

> ZORA

> google scholar profile

> Researchgate

> ORCID

Prof. Dr. med. vet. Marcus Clauss