I studied Theology (Mag. Theol.), Musicology (MA), and Viking and Medieval stdueis (MA) at the universities of Freiburg, Vienna, and Oslo. During my studies, I worked as research assistant in dogmatics and liturgical science and as tutor for historical notation. I also published academic articles on church music and reviews on academic publications, scores and recordings. As a guest researcher at the Center for Grundtvigforskning in Aarhus, the Fryske Akademy in Leeuwarden, the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, and the Centre for Privacy Studies at the University of Copenhagen I gained first experiences in academia.

My research interests are hymnology and liturgical music mostly in protestant areas in Central Germany, the North Sea coast, and Scandinavia during the 16^th – 19^th centuries as well as Old Germanic philology and the overall connections between religious belief, culture, and music.

Since 2009, I work as a church musician in various Protestant and Catholic parishes. Currently, I am main organist at the church St. Peter und Paul, Allschwil.