Current employment
- Since Jan 2022: Research assistant at the Institute for Terrestrial and Aquatic Wildlife Research (ITAW), Büsum (Germany)
Work experience
- 2020-2021 – Research assistant (marine mammals) at the Commander Islands Nature and Biosphere Reserve (Bering Island, Russia)
- 2018-2021 – Veterinarian in dolphinariums (Russia)
- 2014-2018 – Veterinary assistant in small animal veterinary clinic (Saint-Petersburg, Russia)
Education
- 2013-2018 – Specialist degree in veterinary medicine (Saint-Petersburg State Academy of Veterinary Medicine, Russia)
Projects
- 2021 - Conservation of the sea otter - a key species in the ecosystem of the Commander Islands (funded by Russian Geographical Society)
Main research areas
- Health and post mortem examination of marine mammals
- Foraging and feeding ecology of the sea otter (Enhydra lutris)
- Dietary investigations on the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra)
Membership
- since 2018- member of the Society for Marine Mammalogy
- since 2019- member of the European Cetacean Society
- since 2022- member of the IUCN SSC Otter Specialist Group
Publications
Rohner, S.; Boyi, J.O.; Artemeva, V.; Zinke, O.; Kiendl, A.; Siebert, U.; Lehnert, K. Back from Exile? First Records of Chewing Lice (Lutridia exilis; Ischnocera; Mallophaga) in Growing Eurasian Otter (Lutra lutra) Populations from Northern Germany. Pathogens 2023, 12, 587. https://doi.org/10.3390/ pathogens12040587
