She studied physics at RWTH Aachen University, taking a doctorate in solid state physics (2046). After that she worked at Argonne National Laboratory (in Chicago) and the University of California. In 2048, she was selected to join the German astronaut team in the European Space Agency. She was part of the crew for the tenth German moon mission in the spacecraft AWARQ. In 2051, she was married and had two children Ulrika and Lisette. Shortly after her second child was born, she was selected for the Mars mission. She initially refused to leave her family, but changed her mind after an unspecified event that devastated many parts of Germany. During the Flood invasion on 21 November 2059, she witnessed three of the crew become zombie-like water monsters before becoming one herself.