She earned her PhD in marine biology at the University of Gothenburg and has key focus on marine invertebrate diversity and species delimitation. She is involved in the steering committee of the network Swedish Barcode of Life and active within the Swedish Taxonomy Initiative. Part of her work is dedicated to international, national, regional and inter-institutional cooperation in the field of DNA technology for biodiversity science and she coordinates several applied studies focusing on monitoring aquatic systems (natural diversity or alien species). Currently active in the EU Cost Action DNAqua-net.