She holds a Bachelors Degree in Architecture from the University of Applied Science in Darmstadt, Germany (1996), a Master of Science in Architecture and Urban Design from Columbia GSAPP (1997) and a Doctorate in Architecture and Urban Design from the Technical University in Karlsruhe, Germany (2008). She has received a DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, the Architectural League of New York’s Young Architect Award, and a grant from the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts among others. She serves as a member on the editorial board for the “Journal of New Frontiers in Spatial Concepts,” and is the founder of urbantransits, an interdisciplinary research initiative focusing on the transient nature of cities and the impact this dynamic condition has on the urban construct, it’s cultures, and the perception of place.