Engineering studies at RWTH Aachen University and ETH Zurich, Switzerland; doctorate at RWTH Aachen University (mechanical engineering). Studies in economics at RWTH Aachen University and Athlone Institute of Technology, Ireland.

Several years of professional experience as a technical management consultant at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in application-oriented research and consulting for hidden champions and innovative medium-sized companies in the field of Industry 4.0, digitalization and process management in Germany and abroad; several years of responsibility for IP matters of the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT.

Legal training from 2017 to 2019 at Eisenführ Speiser, at the Distance Learning University of Hagen, at the 15th Civil Chamber for Patent Litigation of the District Court of Hamburg, at the German Patent and Trademark Office and at the Federal Patent Court. Patent attorney since 2020.