- Since 10/2024: Research Associate (Postdoc) in the Strategic Communication Research Group at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
- 04/2016 – 10/2024: Research Associate (Praedoc) in the Strategic Communication Research Group at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
- 06/2024: Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) in Communication Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany.
- 03/2016: M.A. in Communication Studies at Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany and European University in Madrid, Spain.
- 03/2013: B.A. in Communication Studies at the University of Erfurt, Germany and the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
- 10/2009 – 03/2016: Several positions as a research assistant at LMU as well as internships and part-time jobs at d.core (Munich, Germany), facit research (Munich, Germany), TNS Infratest Sozialforschung (Munich, Germany), Bosch Solar Energy (Arnstadt, Germany), and missio e.V. (Aachen, Germany).
- Personalization in media content and the effects of personalized communication
- Internal communication, especially informal communication in organizations
- Misinformation and disinformation in strategic communication
- Crisis Communication
- Since 2022: Member of the Editorial Board of Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook
- Since 2022: Deputy Faculty Equality Commissioner of the Faculty for Social Sciences, Media, and Sports, JGU Mainz, Germany
- Since 2016: Editor of the SoSci Panel (German Communication Association, DGPuK)
- 2017-2019: Student and Early Career Representative, Media Reception and Effects Divison (German Communication Association), with Anna Sophie Kümpel
- Involvement in academic self-administration (faculty and department councils, commissions, and working groups as well as the organization of various workshops and conferences)
- Reviewer for various journals (including International Journal of Strategic Communication, Journal of Public Relations Research, Journal of Media Psychology, Corporate Communications: an International Journal, International Journal of Public Opinion Research, New Media + Society) as well as for national and international conferences
- Member of the International Communication Association (ICA), European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA), European Public Relations Education and Research Association (EUPRERA), German Communication Association (DGPuK)
- 2025: Best Paper Award (1st place), EUPRERA Annual Congress, together with Sandra Mechler and Thomas Koch
- 2025: Top Paper Award, Environmental Communication Division/International Communication Association (ICA), together with Thomas Koch
- 2022: Top Student Paper Award, PR Division/International Communication Association (ICA), together with Hannah Schneider