Dr. Bernhard Völkl, Dr. PD

Scientific collaborator

Department of Clinical Research und Public Health (DCR-VPH)

Phone
031 684 2230
E-Mail
bernhard.voelkl@unibe.ch
Office
Liebefeld, Schwarzenburgstrasse 161, Gebäude Agroscope U 159
Postal Address
Schwarzenburgstrasse 161
3097 Liebefeld

Research

Current Projects

InMice: How Inbreeding impacts developmental robustness and stress resilience in Mice

iRISE: improving Reproducibility In SciencE

CARE: Critical Assessment of Refinement in Experiments

Research interests

3Rs: How to improve the welfare of animals used in research

The effect of inbreeding on phenotypic plasticity and robustness

CV

Employment

2024 – ongoing   : Statistical Consultant, Veterinary Public Health Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland

2015 – ongoing   : Senior postdoctoral researcher (Oberassistent, Dozent), Animal Welfare Division, University of Bern, Switzerland

2012 – 2015        : Postdoctoral researcher, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology, University of Oxford, UK

2010 – 2012        : Postdoctoral research fellow, Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University at Berlin, Germany

2007 – 2010        : Postdoctoral researcher, Departement Ecologie, Physiologie et Ethologie, CNRS Strasbourg, France

Education

2005 : PhD, Dr. rer. nat. in Zoology, University of Vienna, Austria

2001: MSc, Mag. rer. nat. Biology, Zoology, University of Vienna, Austria