About me

I am a Senior Scientist in Classical Archaeology at the University of Salzburg in Austria. I studied Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Innsbruck, completing my doctorate in Classical Archaeology under the supervision of Professor Erich Kistler in 2019. My academic career has taken me from research, teaching, and coordination roles at the University of Innsbruck to a postdoctoral position in Greek archaeology with Professor Naoíse Mac Sweeney at the University of Vienna. I also served as Curator of the Archaeological Collection there from 2021 before joining the University of Salzburg in 2026. Throughout my career, I have combined individual and collaborative research with extensive university teaching, student supervision, research management, collection development, conservation and digitisation initiatives, and public outreach. I value the variety of academic life, moving between seminar rooms, administrative tasks, fieldwork seasons, and research projects that continue to excite me, both long-standing and newly emerging.

I have been awarded

(2025) Teaching Award of the Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies at the University of Vienna | (2021) Promotio sub auspiciis praesidentis rei publicae [honorary form of awarding the doctorate in the presence of the Head of State] | (2021) Excellence Scholarship of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, and Research | (2020) Margarete Bieber Award of the Archäologische Gesellschaft zu Berlin for archaeological PhD theses | (2020) Hypo Bank Dissertation Award | (2014) Award of Distinction of the Federal Ministry of Science, Research, and Economy for Graduates of Scientific and Artistic Universities | (2013) Student Sponsorship Award of the Deutscher Freundeskreises der Universitäten in Innsbruck e. V. | (2011, 2012) Best Paper Award and Special Award of the online journal historia.scribere.

I am a member of

Research Cluster 3 “Körper und Tod” of the German Archaeological Institute | European Association of Archaeologists | “Deutscher Archäologen-Verband e. V.” | Working Group “Etrusker und Italiker” | CVA Working Group Austria | Working Group “Theorien in der Archäologie e.V.” | Working Group “Digitale Kompetenzen in der Archäologie” | Association “Gesellschaft für Universitätssammlungen e.V.” | Network “LeNA: Lehrnetzwerk Altertumswissenschaften”.