Associate Professor in Animal Reproduction, Vienna University for Veterinary Medicine, Austria DVM Hannover, Germany 1990; Dr med vet Hannover, Germany 1992; Dr med vet habil Hannover, Germany 1997. Christine Aurich is the head of the Centre for Artificial Insemination and Embryo Transfer and the Graf Lehndorff Institute Vetmeduni Vienna, Austria. She is a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction (ECAR). Her research focuses on gamete physiology, assisted reproductive technologies and pregnancy in the horse. She is the author of more than 250 scientific articles in international journals and editor of a German-language textbook on equine reproduction. She is Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Animal Reproduction Science. Christine is also the current chair of the scientific board of the International Symposium for Equine Reproduction (ISER).