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. She was active for >35 years in large and small animal theriogenology; however, always favoured small animal reproduction. In 2002, she became Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction (Dipl. ECAR) and Associate Professor in 2006. She works as a senior lecturer, scientist and work group leader 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 participates in the clinic’s theriogenology service. In the field of small animal reproduction, she cooperated with international specialists which resulted in 222 publications, and some book chapters. Her research interests include spermatology, cryopreservation of gametes, artificial insemination, immunology of pregnancy, neonatology, and contraception. During the ISCFR-EVSSAR congress in Whistler, Canada in 2012, she received a Senior Investigator Research Award. She was active in the board of the Austrian Society of Veterinarians and in the board of the European Veterinary Society of Small Animal Reproduction and is currently chair of the Reproduction Control Committee of the World Small Animal Veterinary Association.