Dr. Stefan Bräger
| 2013-2018 | Scientific affairs officer at the UN secretariat of the International Seabed Authority (ISA) in Kingston, Jamaica. |
| 2005-2013 | Marine mammal scientist at the German Oceanographic Museum (DMM). |
| 1998-1999 | Postdoctoral studies at the Marine Mammal Research Program of Texas A&M University in Galveston, Texas, USA. |
| 1993-1998 | PhD at the University of Otago (Dept. of Marine Science) in Dunedin, New Zealand with a thesis on behavioural ecology and population dynamics of Hector’s dolphin Cephalorhynchus hectori. |
| 1985-1992 | Studying biology at the University of Kiel, Germany including an MSc thesis on the association patterns and site fidelity of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus. |
- Behavioural ecology and population dynamics of aquatic vertebrates
- Impact of movement behaviour and habitat choice on a species‘ reproductive fitness and population connectivity
- Protection of threatened species and efficiency of marine protected areas against anthropogenic impacts
Memberships in the following scientific societies:
- American Ornithological Society
- American Society of Mammalogists
- Association for Field Ornithology
- Ornithologische Arbeitsgemeinschaft Schleswig-Holstein
- Society for Marine Mammalogy
- Waterbird Society
Reviewer for the following scientific journals (in alphabetical order):
Ambio; Animal Behaviour; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems; Aquatic Mammals; Ciencias Marinas; Corax; Endangered Species Research; Journal of Animal Ecology; Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity; Journal of Mammalogy; Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK; Marine Mammal Science; Meer und Museum; NZ Department of Conservation Research Bulletin; NZ Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research; Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing; Vogelwelt