After finishing her clinical training as a Pediatrician in 2005 and her speciality registration as a Pediatric Hematologist and Oncologist in 2007, she is now director of the Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology in Muenster. Since 2023, she is an affiliated group leader at the Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology in Utrecht, NL. Her experimental research focuses on the development of cellular immune-therapeutic strategies to treat pediatric malignancies, including both leukemias and solid tumors.