Bernd Kaspers graduated in Veterinary Medicinein 1986 from the University of Munich and received his Dr. of Veterinary Medicine degree in 1989. In 1991 and 1992 he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the United States Department of Agriculture in Beltsville, MD where he did research on the immune response to coccidosis before returning to Munich Since 1997 he is a Professor for Animal Physiology at the University of Munich, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

He has more than 25 years of research experience in avian immunology which is documented by more than 90 peer-reviewed publications.