[2][4] In July 2024 Kathrin Gabler assumed the full professorship at the University of Mainz, succeeding Ursula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen [de] as the chair of Egyptology.
[6] Kathrin Gabler has participated in diverse field projects in Egypt, including the British Museum epigraphic and conservation survey at Elkab and Hagr Edfu, the German excavations at the Deir el-Bakhit Coptic monastery.
[8] Since 2020, Kathrin Gabler is the director of exploration and restoration works at the Theban tomb TT217 as part of an Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale mission.
[3] In her monograph, based on PhD dissertation, Gabler examined the service personnel at Deir el-Medina, tracing the data on individual occupations and establishing the patterns of social mobility within this group.
[15] Besides, Gabler co-edited five volumes of proceedings of the Münchner and Berliner Arbeitskreis "Junge Ägyptologie" (Young Egyptology), a Festschrift for Susanne Bickel, as well as an Open-Access book series New Kingdom Hieratic Collections From Around the World.