Sabine Schäfer-Somi graduated in 1991 at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna and became a DVM in 1993. Since 1994 she worked at the Clinic for Obstetrics, Gynecology and Andrology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna as a university assistant. Even though trained in all fields of animal reproduction, she always favoured small animal reproduction. In 2002, she became Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction (Dipl. ECAR). She habilitated in 2006 to become an Associate Professor. At present she is working as a veterinarian, senior lecturer and scientist at the Clinical Center for Reproduction, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna. She is mainly responsible for the area “Reproduction and Gamete Conservation in Small Animals” and within this and other fields of small animal reproduction meanwhile published with an excellent international group of specialists numerous publications. Special fields of interest are spermatology, cryopreservation of gametes, artificial insemination, immunology of pregnancy and the neonates, neonatology, and contraception. She was active in the board of the Austrian Society of Veterinarians and the European Veterinary Society of Small Animal Reproduction (EVSSAR), and is currently a member of the Reproduction Control Committee of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association (WSAVA).