Dr.
Katrin Vohland
Director General/ CEO
Since 1.6.2020
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) and Director General of the Natural History Museum Vienna.
Born: 29.09.1968
in Hamburg, Germany. Married, three children
Professional and scientific career
Professional and scientific career
- Since 1.6.2020: Director General and Scientific Director at the Natural History Museum Vienna (NHM Vienna)
- 2014-2020 (May) Head of the research area "Museum and Society" at the Museum of Natural History - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research (MfN)
- 2012-2013 Collaboration in the staff of the Museum of Natural History - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research (MfN)
- 2009-2012: Coordination of the project Network and Forum on Biodiversity Research Germany (BMBF) at the Museum of Natural History - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research (MfN)
- 2006-2009: Coordination of the project Protected Areas of Germany in Climate Change - Risks and Options for Action (BfN) at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
- 2005-2006: Scientist in BIOTA (Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa); S09 (Structural, functional, and species diversity in semiarid savannas of southern Africa: scaling up and model based integration) (BMBF) at the University of Potsdam, Chair of Vegetation Ecology and Nature Conservation
- 2004: Organization and preparation of a pan-African workshop on more efficient use of rainwater (Rain Water Harvesting; Volkswagen Foundation) at the Humboldt University Berlin, Institute of Geography, Chair of Landscape Ecology
- 2000-2004: Coordination of the project BIOTA (Biodiversity Monitoring Transect Analysis in Africa), S07 (BMBF) at the Museum of Natural History - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research (MfN)
- 1999-2000: Curriculum development for the Master's Programme "Biodiversity Management and Research", Namibia and Berlin, at the Museum of Natural History - Leibniz Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity Research (MfN)
- 1995-1999: PhD on Adaptation and Speciation of Millipedes (Diplopoda) in the Amazonian Floodplain Forest (PhD) (DAAD + Max Planck Scholarship) Max Planck Institute for Limnology Plön, AG Tropical Ecology /INPA (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia), Manaus / Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel
- 1993-1994: Diploma in Biology; University of Bayreuth, Chair of Animal Ecology
- 1989-1991: Basic studies in biology; University of Bielefeld
- 1988-1989 AEG Sondertechnik Luft- und Raumfahrt Hamburg, training as Industrial electronics technician, specialising in instrument engineering (not completed)
- 1988 A-levels, Ernst-Schlee Grammar School, Hamburg
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board "Hohe Tauern", Österreich
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board "Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change" (LIB), Germany
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board der Bavaraian Natural History Collections (SNSB)
Director General's Office
Berndl Sabina
Assistant to the CFO
Fischer Philip
Project coordinator Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Graf Lukas
Project researcher Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Hallas Mia
Project researcher
Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Kiesel Megumi
Project Administration;
Herbarium Assistance
Kroh Andreas
Vice CEO Science; staff scientist and curator;
head of the NHM Vienna publishing house
Lechner Amelie
apprentice assistant
to the CFO
Lhotak Elke
Deputy CFO; proxy; head of human resources and legal affairs
Mayer Thomas
Provenance research
Melnicki Sabine
Project
researcher Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Palacz Julian
Deputy project
coordinator Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Pfosser Ruth
Project researcher
Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Pirgie Gregor
Project researcher
Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Rattner Gerlinde
administrative
assistant of the CFO
Roboch Markus
Chief Financial Officer
Schmidbauer Sonja
Project researcher Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Unterhofer Sebastian
Project researcher Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Weiß Elisabeth
Project researcher Relaunch "Kulturpool/Kulturerbe digital"
Wölfel Katharina
Research Coordination
