Prof. Dr. Susanne E. Ulbrich
Prof. Dr. Susanne E. Ulbrich
Full Professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Science
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Research area
Susanne Ulbrich is an expert on livestock metabolism, focusing on relationships that affect fertility and reproduction. Her new, ultra-modern research methods have brought her an international reputation. Susanne Ulbrich’s professorship is an important element in the World Food strategy of the Department of Environmental Systems Science. She will also play a key role in the Agrovet-Strickhof project that ETH Zurich plans together with the University of Zurich and the Canton of Zurich.
Susanne Ulbrich has been Full Professor of Animal Physiology at the Institute of Agricultural Sciences since September 2013. She was born in Germany in 1975.
Susanne Ulbrich studied Agricultural Sciences with a focus on Animal Sciences at the Technical University Munich (TUM), followed by postgraduate studies in Biotechnology. In 2005, she received her doctorate in physiology at the Science Center Weihenstephan of the TUM with the distinction "summa cum laude". She then took over the management of a research group at the TUM. Research stays have taken her to the University of Adelaide in Australia and the Universidad de Concepcion in Chillán, Chile.
Education
| 2011 | Habilitation, Physiology Weihenstephan,Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 2005 | Doctorate (summa cum laude), Physiology Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 2002 | Postgraduate Study Biotechnology, Technical University Munich, Germany |
| 2011 | Diploma, Agricultural Sciences, Technical University Munich, Germany |
Professional History
| 2013 - date | Full Professor of Animal Physiology, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich |
| 2006 - 2013 | Research group leader, Physiology Weihenstephan, Technical University Munich, Germany |
Fellowships and Awards
| 2013 | Professorial position at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany – rejected |
| 2011 | Research Award Dr.-Heinrich-Baur Preis, Germany |
| 2005 | Graduation Award Bund der Freunde der TU München, Germany |
Institutional Responsibility
| 2017 - date | Study director, Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2015 - 2017 | Head of the Institute of Agricultural Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland |
| 2010 - 2013 | Scientific coordination of the PhD-College ZIEL, Technical University Munich, Germany |
Fields of Scientific Expertise
| Animal Sciences, Physiology of Reproduction, Endocrinology, Epigenetics, Embryonic Diapause |
Additional information
Prof. Ulbrich is a member of the German Society of Endocrinology, the Society for the Study of Reproduction and the International Embryo Transfer Society, as well as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals.
Course Catalogue
Spring Semester 2025
| Number | Unit |
|---|---|
| 751-0282-00L | Animal Sciences in the World Food System |
| 751-1000-00L | Agro-Food Projects |
| 751-6003-00L | Training Course in Research Groups (Large) |
| 751-6003-01L | Training Course in Research Groups (Small) |
| 751-6102-00L | Anatomy and Physiology of Humans and Animals II |
| 751-7408-00L | One Health |