Karen Wagener is an assistant professor at the Clinical Unit for Herd Health Management in Ruminants, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria. She has a doctoral degree in veterinary medicine and conducted her master studies in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine at the University of Applied Sciences. She is a Diplomate of the European College of Animal Reproduction and a specialist in the subspecialty of bovine reproduction. Her research is focused on clinical and subclinical endometritis in dairy cows and covers microbiological and immunological aspects linked to disease subfertility. Her overall research goal is to contribute to the development of effective preventive and therapeutic measures against uterine disease.