Studies in Catholic Theology, History, and German Studies at the Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, with a scholarship from the Bischöfliche Studienförderung Cusanuswerk
1996 PhD (Dr. theol.), University of Mainz
1997 Awarded the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz award (Preis der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität) for her doctoral dissertation (Dissertationsschrift): Sklaverei im spätantiken und frühmittelalterlichen Gallien (5.-7. Jh.). Das Zeugnis der christlichen Quellen
1991 – 2005 Research associate (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/ Wissenschaftliche Assistentin), Department of Early Church History and Patristics, University of Mainz
2003 University Senate Award for Exceptional Teaching, University of Mainz
2004 – 2005 Lecturer of Historical Theology, University of Siegen
2005 Postdoctoral lecturing qualification (Habilitation), University of Mainz
2005 Awarded by the Antonie Wlosok foundation (Preis der Antonie-Wlosok-Stiftung) for her professorial dissertation (Habilitationsschrift): Olympias von Konstantinopel und ihre biographischen Zeugen, University of Mainz
2006 – 2007 Leader of the research project The Christian burial laws in the Latin West, 2nd to 8th c. (Das christliche Grabrecht im lateinischen Westen, 2.-8. Jahrhundert) (DFG)
2006 – 2007 Chair (by proxy) for Medieval and Modern Church History, University of Tübingen
2007 – 2010 Chair (first by proxy) for Church History and History of Theology, University of Saarland
2008 – 2010 Director (Geschäftsführerin) of the department of Catholic Theology, University of Saarland
since 2010 University Professor for Early Church History and Patristics, University of Mainz
2011 – 2015 Leader of the research project Theology and slavery from antiquity to Early Modern Age, together with Prof. Dr. Nicole Priesching, University of Paderborn (DFG)
2018-2021 Vice Dean (Prodekanin) of the Faculty of Catholic Theology
since 2018 Deputy Speaker of the Research Training Group 2304 Byzantium and the Euro-Mediterranean Cultures of War. Exchange, Differentiation and Reception (DFG)
since 2021 Dean of the Faculty of Catholic Theology
since May 2023 Dean of the Departement 01
married, two children