She is full professor of solid state chemistry at the University of Konstanz, as well as  adjunct principal investigator at CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.

She studied chemistry, process engineering and materials science in the framework of a double diploma degree in Würzburg, Germany, in Lyon, France, and in Southampton, United Kingdom.

She completed her PhD under the supervision of Professor Markus Antonietti at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam-Golm, Germany.

In 2018 she joined CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and to date works as adjunct principal investigator.

Moreover, her group employs modern computational and automation approaches to aim for maximal efficiency and discovery of new materials to address the various challenges of human life.