Professional since 2006 Founding member of European Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP) since 2003 Founding member of European Veterinary Parasitology College (EVPC) 1998 – 2002 Member of the Piekarski Price Commission of DGP since 2001 Member of the advisory board of the Karl Enigk Member of the advisory board of the Echinococcosis Foundation Zurich since 1995 Member of the Swiss Society for Veterinary Diagnosticians since 1994 Member of the German Society for Parasitology (DGP) since 1990 Member of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology (WAAVP) Member of the Swiss Society for Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (SGTP)