Rebekka Müller
“As a veterinarian it had always been my aim to contribute to science-based and applied wildlife conservation. I believe that it is crucial to combine various fields to support the long-term survival of a threatened species such as the cheetah. This includes also a detailed understanding of the human side. This multi-layered approach is a great challenge and an even greater motivation!”
Rebekka Müller is the veterinarian and a research assistant of the Cheetah Research Project since 2016. She currently started her PhD on life history traits of males in the context of the mating system of cheetahs.
Rebekka works in these sub-projects in the CRP
Stakeholder involvement and solution to the farmer-cheetah conflict
Reproduction and endocrinology in free-ranging and captive cheetahs
Professional experience
Since 2016 veterinarian and research assistant of the Cheetah Research Project. Management of fieldwork within the multi-layered long-term project, including capture, chemical immobilisation and sampling of free ranging cheetahs, dissections of carnivores and sample processing in the field laboratory. Conducting aerial tracking flights and camera trap surveys, including the organisation and primary processing of the produced large datasets. Participating in the development of new research questions and study designs. Board member of various Namibian associations and involved in public relations. Maintaining stakeholder dialogue and implementing the solutions developed in the project to mitigate human-wildlife conflicts in Namibia.
Education
2016 State examination and approbation as veterinarian
2010 - 2016 Studies of veterinarian medicine at the Free University of Berlin