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Thomas Kaphegyi relies on nearly two decades of working experience as a researcher, university lecturer, and scientific team leader. Thomas holds a Diploma (eq. MSc.) in Forestry Sciences and a doctoral degree (eq. PhD) in Wildlife Ecology. From 1995 – 1997 he was involved in the development and implementation of strategic rabies defence at the Institute for Veterinary Medicine at the University of Bern, Switzerland. From 1997 – 2007 he was research fellow at the Department of Wildlife Biology and Management at the University of Freiburg. From 2007 – 2016 he was a senior scientist at the Chair for Landscape Management at the University of Freiburg. He covers a broad range of methodological skills, and he has extensive experiences as adviser of conservation projects. In this context, Thomas gained comprehensive experiences with joint projects and cooperation with different stakeholders, GOs, NGOs, and authorities on national and international level. He has been member of diverse advisory panels. His research interests and working focus is on wildlife ecology and management, decision making in environmental and nature conservation, conservation strategies, and conservation assessments.

He is especially interested in interdependencies of anthropogenic land use and wildlife, and in the development of tools and schemes for evidence based decision making.