Structure
B. Cranke
IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group,
Villettengässli 4,
CH 3074 Muri
Co-chair IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group
I am a carnivore ecologist and former senior scientist at the University of Bern and the former director of the Foundation KORA – Carnivore Ecology and Wildlife Management. I have been involved in research projects on carnivore ecology for 40 years and have supervised many master and doctoral theses in the frame of the Swiss carnivore projects. My main field of interest is the reintroduction of Eurasian lynx and the re-integration of large carnivores into human dominated landscapes. I have co-chaired the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group since 2001 and have since been involved in many cat research and conservation programmes all over the world.
Urs Breitenmoser
Christine Breitenmoser-Würsten
IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group,
Villettengässli 4,
CH 3074 Muri
ch.breitenmoser(at)kora.ch
Co-chair IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group
My professional background is ornithology, mammology, running water ecology, and genetics. I am currently involved in research projects on ecology and genetics of the Eurasian lynx, looking at population genetics of reintroduced populations. Through these projects, I gained experience in molecular methods, GIS, web design and desktop publishing, which are important resources for our work as co-chairs of the Cat SG.
Tabea Lanz
KORA
Talgut-Zentrum 5
CH 3063 Ittigen
t.lanz(at)kora.ch
Red List Authority Coordinator
Assistant to the Chair
I studied General Biology at the University of Fribourg and Wildlife Biology and Conservation at Edinburgh Napier University. I conducted my MSc thesis on the otter population on the Scottish Island of Raasay looking at population numbers and diet. Since 2012 I have been working as an assistant for KORA and the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group. I am assisting in international projects, conducting training courses, involved in the production of the newsletter Cat News and helping with the maintenance of the Cat SG library and website. Since 2017, I am the Red List Authority Coordinator of the Cat SG, coordinating all global Red List Assessments of Felidae for the IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesTM[T1] . I am particularly interested in species and nature conservation, mammal ecology and management and how conservation can be made more efficient.
Sugoto Roy
KORA
Talgut-Zentrum 5
CH 3063 Ittigen
s.roy(at)kora.ch
Programme officer
I have worked in government departments, NGOs, IGOs and universities for significant periods of time, and have over 25 years experience in wildlife management, conservation and research. I have managed national, regional and global project portfolios specializing in the ecology and management of carnivores, invasive species and human wildlife conflicts. These have been in the UK, the UK Overseas Territories, South and South East Asia, Japan, the Indian Ocean and Southern Africa. Over the last ten years I have focused on large carnivore conservation. This included establishing and running a tiger conservation programme at the IUCN Secretariat. My most recent role involved coordinating a series of projects in Southern Africa, as part of the "Africa Range-Wide Cheetah Conservation Initiative". I have now joined the team at the Cat Specialist Group as a programme officer and am looking forward to the adventures ahead.
Eline Brouwer
KORA
Talgut-Zentrum 5
CH 3063 Ittigen
e.brouwer(at)kora.ch
Assistant to the Chair
I studied Environmental Biology with a specialisation in Behavioural Ecology at the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. My master thesis was about human-Pantherinae conflicts in South and Southeast Asia. I have been working for the Cat Specialist Group since 2022, first as an intern and now as an assistant to the Chair. In my role, I assist with the writing and editing of reports, international projects, the layout and editing of Cat News, and with the maintenance of the digital cat library and Cat SG website.
Roland Bürki
KORA
Talgut-Zentrum 5
CH 3063 Ittigen
r.buerki(at)kora.ch
Assistant to the Chair
I studied environmental sciences at ETH Zurich. My master thesis was about effects of habitat and phylogeny on functional traits of the Seychelles woody flora. I have been working for KORA and the IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group since 2014, where I am involved in writing and editing reports, maintaining the Digital Cat Library and general project assistance.
