• Narratology
• Feminism, Gender Studies, Queer Studies
• Ecocriticism
• Popular Media

Education

• 2024 – present    Universität Zürich
  PhD in Empirische Kulturwissenschaft bei Prof. Dr. C. Lötscher
  Thesis: “Latent Energies: Ecocritical Approaches to the Sleeping Beauty Motif”
• 2021 – 2024    Universität Zürich
  MA (Monomaster) in Literaturwissenschaft
  Thesis: “Sleeping Beauty as Feminist Narrative: Liminality, Motherhood, and Narrative Performance”
• 2014 – 2018    University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)
  BA cum laude in International Relations (honors)
  BA in East Asian Studies
  Minor in Comparative Literature

Work Experience (Selection)

• 2024                   Doctoral Candidate, University of Zurich
• 2023 – 2024     Administration (Language School)
• 2021 – 2024     Teaching Staff for German & English
• 2018 – 2019     Editorial Assistant in Academic Publishing
• 2018                    Various Internships in Publishing
• 2015 – 2018     Research Assistant in various projects

Panels

• Panel for “Continuity by Bess Wohl” with Jonathan Wille, Moderation: Olivia Tjon-A-Meeuw. The Fowl Owls, October 26, 2024, Zürich.
• “Kim Stanley Robinson: An Interactive Lauditory Panel” with Kim Stanley Robinson, Willem Conrad, Christine Lötscher, Simon Spiegel, Philipp Theisohn. Honorary Doctorate Celebration for Kim Stanley Robinson, June 8, 2024, Universität Zürich.

Event Organization

• “Multispecies Storytelling with Prof. Dr. Julia Grillmayr,” DocNetCH 2nd Biannual Workshop, ISEK – Universität Zürich, 24. Oktober 2025 (upcoming).
• PhD Networking Apéro, Graduiertenschule der Universität Zürich, 12. September 2025.

Memberships

• Fachausschuss der Sozialwissenschaften der Graduiertenschule der Universität Zürich, Doktorierendenvertretung FS 2025 – HS 2026
• Swiss Literary PhD Network (DocNetCH), Board Member & UZH Representative
• Zurich Science Fiction Network (ZSFN), Member
• Empirische Kulturwissenschaft Schweiz (EKWS), Member
• Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (GKJF), Member
• Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Iota Chapter of NY 2018

Awards

• 2025                    GRC Short Grant for DocNetCH Workshop (Universität Zürich)
• 2015 – 2018      Dean’s List (University of Rochester)
• 2018                     Alice DeSimone Award (University of Rochester)
• 2016                     MLC Book Award (University of Rochester)
• 2014                     Research Interest Grant (University of Rochester)

see CV in German