Specialist pharmacist for pharmaceutical analysis, studied pharmacy at the University of Münster, where she obtained her doctorate in pharmaceutical chemistry and completed post-doctoral studies in the USA and Germany. Over the past 30 years, she has worked in the regulatory authority (drug monitoring) and in various areas of the pharmaceutical industry (R&D, manufacturing, laboratory management, quality control, quality assurance management, drug approvals for commercial products and clinical trial samples – chemical/biotechnological). Since 2007, she has been working as a consultant for the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on quality assurance systems (external QP service, GxP audits / MOCK audits (national/international), GxP training, development and expansion of quality assurance systems).