She studied Chemistry at the Universities of Munich and Oxford, UK, and received her Ph.D. from LMU Munich in 2006 under the supervision of Professor Wolfgang Schnick, specializing in the synthesis and structure elucidation of novel carbon nitride materials. From 2007 to 2008, she conducted postdoctoral research as a Feodor-Lynen fellow in the group of Professor Geoffrey Ozin at the University of Toronto, Canada. Her work was recognized by the E.ON culture prize and the Fast-Track scholarship of the Robert Bosch Foundation. Her research is directed towards the rational design of multifunctional materials, including 2D materials and artificial heterostructures, photonic nanostructures for sensing, and functional frameworks for solar energy conversion.