Christiane is a veterinarian in the field of medical research with a Ph.D. in microbiology. She currently advises the equal opportunity office at Aachen University.
Her special interests are smallholder livestock keeping and empowerment of women in rural societies.
Email: c.m.herweg@gmx.de
Günther is a professional shepherd working in nature protection.
Email: czerkus@eifel-lamm.de
Ilse is a native of Germany but has been partly based in Rajasthan (India) since she met the Raika camel pastoralists during a research fellowship on camel socioeconomics and management systems in 1990/1991.
Her academic background is in veterinary medicine and anthropology and her research has been supported by the German Research Foundation, National Geographic Society, Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the American Institute of Indian Studies. She has more than 100 scientific publications in journals spanning various disciplines and published a number of monographs. In 1998, she was awarded the degree of “Habilitation” from the LMU University in Munich which is equivalent to professorial status in Germany. Her work was recognised with a Rolex Associate Award for Enterprise in 2002, and the Trophèe des femmes of the Fondation Yves Rocher in Germany in 2009.
Further details at http://ikrweb.wordpress.com/ and http://rolexawards.com/en/the-laureates/ilsekohlerrollefson-home.jsp
Email: ilse@pastoralpeoples.org
Silke Brehm has a degree in geo-ecology from the University of Bayreuth. She worked with LPP as Science Officer in the Drynet project from 2007 to 2010. She now lives and works in Brussels with her 4 daughters, husband and a bunch of pets. She currently acts as treasurer of LPP.
Email: silke.brehm@gmx.de