Lives in Innsbruck, Austria and studied veterinary medicine in Munich. In 2004 she joined the AGES, first working for the department of veterinary medicine. Since 2005 she was head of the serology department, since 2007 of the microbiology department (for food and veterinary samples). During internal management training, she gained experience as a trainer facilitating knowledge for different modules: communication, information and awareness, projects, management and leadership, teamwork, teambuilding, conflict management, etc.
In 2009 she attended the course “Animal agriculture and food safety risk analysis” at Vose Risk consulting (Ghent) and continued with an in depth training for QMRA at the RIVM (National Institute for Public Health and the Environment) in Bilthoven, NL, for 6 months. Consequently, she moved to the business area of Data, Statistics and Risk Assessment. She is head of the AGESTask Force Campylobacter (multidisciplinary group), member of the Microbiological risk assessment (MRA) network of EFSA, and coordinator for Austria of the CamChain-project, as well as project leader for several in-house projects concerning foodborne disease.