I have been passionate about science journalism since undertaking an internship in the science section of the Münchner Merkur newspaper as a student. Following my geography studies, I worked for ten years as a freelance science journalist and photographer. Since 2008, I have worked in PR for the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and Ludwig Maximilians University, conveying news about laser research to the curious general public. I lead the photonworld editorial team. A Munich native, I love to explore this city on my bike.

I head our school student laboratory, PhotonLab, which you can find on photonworld in the Student Zone. I studied physics at TU München and received my doctorate there. After time at home raising my two sons (who are themselves now studying), I began working in museum education. For many years, I led tours of school groups through the Deutsches Museum — mostly for the Museum Education Centre. For the last six years, I’ve been focused on PhotonLab. I appreciate getting to meet all the different people who visit the lab, and I love making complex physics easier for them to understand. In my spare time, my favorite thing to do is walk my dog.

As a curator, author and art historian with a diverse range of interests, I am fascinated by the intersection of art and science. In my doctoral thesis on the artist Damien Hirst, I researched just that. As an experienced curator in the field of contemporary art, I have recently moved into science communication, with a focus on laser physics. Together with the Public Relations team at the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics, I have curated the exhibition »Laser | Light | Life. From to Hightech-Photonik«, which presents laser research and technology to a public audience—just in time for the 60th anniversary commemorating the invention of the laser! I believe that making sense of the world is closely linked to having a passion for discovery. Communicating this passion on photonworld.de is an exciting task indeed!

My career path is not entirely straightforward. I originally studied biology, specializing in botany. After completing my doctorate in phytopathology (plant diseases), I worked for a long time as a forest pathologist at the Technical University of Munich. There I researched how root pathogens damage the host trees. This was followed by a detour into the private sector. As a project manager at a genetics service provider, I was responsible for environmental projects as well as human medical studies. When a position as biobank manager was advertised in Prof. Ferenc Krausz's attoworld team, I didn't hesitate for long to return to the university. There I work at the Chair of Experimental Physics - Laser Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München in Dr. Mihaela Zigman's research group on the use of laser-based infrared spectroscopy for disease diagnostics. Being able to work at the interface between the scientific disciplines of biology, human medicine and physics is very exciting for me. 

I studied chemistry and biology in Munich. Afterwards I was project manager and manager of the Munich Science Days for many years. Science fascinates me in the whole range of disciplines and basic research as well as the scientific discussion of socially relevant issues. I like to travel, the world is big and I want to get to know it even better.

As a tech-savvy person, I am fascinated by the possibilities of the smart new world. Smart phones, smart homes, smart factories, smart everything: this interconnectivity has revolutionized all areas of our lives. And light technology is the hidden champion of this revolution. Writing is my passion – a passion that I have turned into a career. So what could be better than to write about new technologies? As a technology journalist, I worked for five years at the mobile technology magazine connect. Today, I am responsible for press relations in the corporate communications team at the leading laser technology firm TRUMPF. For our company magazine Laser Community I am constantly on the lookout for exciting new applications of light.

Originally I’ve studied physics with a focus on astrophysics at the University of York but then ended up with science journalism through an education and training station. Meanwhile I act as free journalist in Munich and currently also study sculpting at the Academy of Arts in Munich.

Physicists helped to conceive the discipline of modern molecular genetics several decades ago and, ever since, technological advances in laser physics have extended the frontiers of basic and applied biomedical sciences to new levels of understanding.

Ideas come from very different places. With a perspective that true scientific advance largely builds on crossdisciplinary approaches I would like to directly contribute to building bridges between laser physics and molecular life sciences. I promote scientific discourse between different disciplines and help tackling questions of basic science as well as real-life problems from different scientific viewpoints.

My career path is not entirely straightforward. I originally studied biology, specializing in botany. After completing my doctorate in phytopathology (plant diseases), I worked for a long time as a forest pathologist at the Technical University of Munich. There I researched how root pathogens damage the host trees. This was followed by a detour into the private sector. As a project manager at a genetics service provider, I was responsible for environmental projects as well as human medical studies. When a position as biobank manager was advertised in Prof. Ferenc Krausz's attoworld team, I didn't hesitate for long to return to the university. There I work at the Chair of Experimental Physics - Laser Physics at the Ludwig-Maximilians Universität München in Dr. Mihaela Zigman's research group on the use of laser-based infrared spectroscopy for disease diagnostics. Being able to work at the interface between the scientific disciplines of biology, human medicine and physics is very exciting for me.