Born in 1967, studied architecture at the Illinois Institute of Chicago and interior design at the Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences. Course-related placements and scholarships in Greece (set design) and Italy (painting). In 1993 she was awarded the Art Institute of Chicago’s Harold Schiff Fellowship. 2000 ? 2005 research assistant at the Technical University of Berlin. PhD on the History of Zoo Architecture. Since 2016 Professor for Interior Design at the Anhalt University of Applied Arts in Dessau, next to Bauhaus.