Robert Hermes, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy is a veterinarian researcher at The Leibniz-Institute of Zoo and Wildlife in Berlin.
Education
He studied veterinary medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin. He completed a Doctor of Philosophy in reproductive management. He completed a postdoctoral research project concentrated on the reproductive management of African elephants.
Career
Hermes is a researcher at The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife (IZW), in the department of reproductive management. His research concentrates on the reproductive management of elephants and rhinoceros. Hermes has supervised doctoral candidates researching reproductive management in a variety of animal species.
Doctor Thomas Bernd Hildebrandt, head of the IZW Department of Reproductive Management, is internationally recognized as the leader in elephant reproductive research.
Doctor Hermes, Doctor Hildebrandt, Doctor Frank Goeritz of the IZW have served for several years as reproductive consultants for the Pittsburgh Zoo. The Pittsburgh Zoo & Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company Aquariam (PZ) and Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife (Berlin, Germany) have in joint partnership conducted colloborative research on elephant reproduction.
Doctor Hermes is an internationally recognized wildlife reproduction expert and researcher
Membership
Hermes is an integral member of the eminent IZW researchers in animal reproductive management.