Prof. Dr. med. vet. Marcus Clauss

Mitarbeiterportrait von Marcus Clauss, wissenschaftlicher Leiter der Zootierklinik des Universitären Tierspitals der Vetsuisse-Fakultät der Universität Zürich

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

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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)

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

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