I obtained my PHD with Katja Simon at the University of Oxford, working on autophagy and innate immune differentiation. I then moved to La Jolla Institute for Immunology to study the metabolism of innate T cells with Mitch Kronenberg. In 2022 I became a junior group leader there and also directed the immunometabolism core. My current and future research interest is centered around metabolism and function of innate-like T cells. Since June 2025 I am a professor at the Medical Department of the University of Cologne, Germany.