Whether reporting on the newest dwarf planet of our solar system or on technical developments for particle accelerators, I strive to tell stories about science and education – especially the slices of life in science. While finishing my master’s in physics – minoring in philosophy and biophysics – at the University of Hamburg, Germany, I worked as a research assistant in a photon science group at the national research center Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY). During this time the new experimental hall for PETRA III was opened and like many photon science groups, we were involved in setting up experimental endstations.

At DESY I also began working in science communication and outreach as an Official DESY Guide for the Press and Public Relations Department. I kept giving talks about the research and tours around the lab for all kinds of visitors, when I started my postgraduate research position at the accelerator physics department at DESY.
During this time, I realized that I enjoy science communication and outreach more than my own research. DESY’s Press and Public Relations Department gave me the unique opportunity to combine my passion for writing and my knowledge about physics for the first time. I wrote and published my first article series about the European XFEL – the particle accelerator project that was my main research topic at that time. After this first series, I started writing for the LC NewsLine and DESY in my free time, while still working in accelerator research.

After a science writing internship at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), where I wrote for Fermilab’s News At Work and Symmetry Magazine, I worked as a freelance science writer and science communicator. I also consulted on artwork for science outreach and worked as a translator for English/German.

Currently, I work for Brookhaven National Laboratory’s National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) as their science communication manager.

In my spare time, I enjoy hiking and rock climbing as well as swimming and reading.