Her research interests include weld cracking and materials degradation phenomena, in particular elevated temperature cracking and liquid metal embrittlement, welding metallurgy and weldability of nickel-base alloys, welding of dissimilar materials and weldability testing. Carolin joined Ohio State in 2015 as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Welding Engineering Group. In 2016, she was awarded the Henry Granjon Prize of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) in recognition of her Ph.D. research on ductility-dip cracking in nickel-base alloys. Carolin received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in Germany. She is also a certified International Welding Engineer (IWE).