Animal Welfare Officer

Dr. Theres Manthey

Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum Berlin
Ein Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Charitéplatz 1
10117 Berlin Phone: +49 30 28460 - 0 Fax: +49 30 28460 - 604 Theres.Manthey@drfz.de

“Animal welfare starts before the experiment!” As the DRFZ’s main Animal Welfare Officer, I am committed to ensuring the highest possible animal welfare standards at the DRFZ – and this starts with animal husbandry. Together with our animal house leader Dr. Lena Reiske, I therefore work to continuously improve animal welfare by optimising breeding and husbandry conditions, promoting communication and constantly raising our standards.

Academic Career

Since 2021 Animal welfare officer and attending veterinarian at DRFZ, Berlin, Germany
2020 – 2021 Veterinarian and project manager at the Welttierschutzgesellschaft e.V., Berlin, Germany
2017 – 2019 Animal welfare officer and veterinarian at Charité, Berlin, Germany
2019 Award of Doctorate (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany)
2015 – 2017 Veterinarian at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2014 – 2015 Veterinary practitioner in Brandenburg, Germany

Education

Since 2019 Qualification as a specialised veterinarian for animal welfare and ethics at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2014 Graduated in veterinary medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany; licence to practise veterinary medicine

2007 High school graduation in Potsdam, Germany

Publications

Memberships

Arbeitskreis Berliner Tierschutzbeauftragte e.V.
Tierärztliche Vereinigung für Tierschutz e.V. (TVT)
Berliner Tierärztliche Gesellschaft e.V. (BTG)
Gesellschaft für Versuchstierkunde (GV-SOLAS)

Animal Facility

Animal welfare and good research go hand in hand