[2] She earned a diploma in mathematics from TU Dresden in 1973 and completed her doctorate (Dr. rer.
[3] Her doctoral dissertation, Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der linearen Optimierung von den Anfängen zur Konstituierung als selbständige mathematische Theorie - eine Studie zum Problem der Entstehung mathematischer Disziplinen im 20.
Jahrhundert, concerned the history of linear programming, and was supervised by Hans Wussing.
[4] She earned a second diploma in Near Eastern studies in 1982 from Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg, a second doctorate (Dr. sc.
[3] She worked as an assistant professor in the Karl Sudhoff Institute for the History of Medicine and Sciences at Leipzig University from 1976 to 1997, with tenure beginning in 1980.