Sabine combines hands-on fieldwork in nature conservation with modern data analysis and interdisciplinary research, leading a team that delivers monitoring, mapping, ecological supervision, and high-quality environmental impact assessments. She primarily oversees the strategic management of projects and the team, while also actively participating in fieldwork to personally guide data collection, surveys, and observations. Her focus is on documenting, evaluating, and monitoring plant and animal species and their habitats over the long term, particularly in areas where economic activities—such as raw material extraction, waste management, or infrastructure and renewable energy development—must be balanced with conservation priorities. This includes the preparation of environmental reports (ranging from smaller assessments to NVE, SUP, and UVE procedures), high-quality GIS-based mapping, drone and photographic documentation, as well as ecological supervision during sensitive project phases. 

With her scientific expertise in bioinformatics, genetics, and environmental research—gained at institutions such as the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, Uppsala University, and the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna—Sabine brings a solid, data-driven, and innovative approach to the team. Her work encompasses population genetics, evolutionary questions, climate change impacts, and applied ecology, including the protection of the Eurasian Stone-curlew and other endangered species in open-land and extraction habitats, where economic use and habitat conservation are carefully integrated. Ecological modeling, monitoring, and applied planning are systematically linked in her approach. 

With the team’s recent expansion into wind energy projects, the integration of biodiversity conservation with the energy transition has become an even stronger focus. This includes species protection assessments, wind-energy monitoring programs, conflict analyses for large birds, and the development of scientifically-based zoning models to minimize collision risks. As a first central step, a long-term study on the Saker Falcon and other wind-energy-relevant large bird species is being established. The goal of this research is to create robust foundations for the designation of no-go zones and spatial protection areas based on reliable data, modern analytical methods, and international cooperation—with partners in Hungary and Slovakia. These efforts aim to establish clear, long-term frameworks that meet both conservation requirements and the planning needs of conflict-minimized wind energy development.