completed her master's degree in general biology at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) with a focus on microbiology. After several years of working in basic microbiological research, including the field of microbiological botany, she has now been working at the BAV Institute for over six years, where she is responsible for customer service, projects regarding quality assurance, hygiene and product safety in applied microbiology for customers in the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries.