Sybille Klenzendorf

Sybille Klenzendorf is senior program officer in WWF’s Species Conservation Program, directing all tiger-related programs in Asia. Her work includes technical advisor for field projects, writing proposals and reports, media and community relations, and interagency communications. Before joining WWF in 2002, she was a field biologist for the Virginia Fish and Game Department, studying Alleghany black bears. She also worked for a team in Europe to design an Austrian brown bear management plan, which earned her an M.S. degree. A native German, Sybille came to America in 1994 and has continued to work internationally finding solutions for wildlife-human conflicts. Her work has led her to Alaska, Norway, Italy, Romania, Austria, Slovenia, and Pakistan. Sybille received her Ph.D. in wildlife science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.