As an archaeologist specializing mostly in the Roman era, I employ digital archaeology in my exploration of settlements and landscapes. This approach encompasses the incorporation of interdisciplinary methodologies, including bioarchaeological analyses, radiocarbon dating techniques, and aDNA studies. By combining cultural-historical and social archaeological interpretation with these various scientific tools, a more in-depth understanding of the past can be achieved.

I obtained a Ph.D. degree (with honors) from the University of Vienna’s Doctoral School for Cultural and Historical Studies in 2022. My thesis was titled “Roman Rural Landscapes in Noricum: Archaeological Studies on Roman Settlements in the Hinterland of Northern Noricum.”

Since 2023, I’ve served as a principal investigator in the ÖAW-funded Go!Digital 3.0 long-term archiving project, IUENNA, based at the kärnten.museum/AUT. I’ve had the privilege of working on this project alongside my colleague Franziska Reiner from the Austrian Archaeological Institute (ÖAI). In the same year, together with my colleagues Sylvia Kirchengast and Birgit Bühler, I was able to secure funding from the Hochschuljubiläumsfonds der Stadt Wien for our digital archaeothanatological project, VIENNAVARS – Visualisierung und Interpretation weiblicher Lebenswelten in der Awarenzeit (7th–8th century AD), using the Csokorgasse cemetery in Vienna/AUT as a case study. Alongside my colleague Barbara Borgers, I successfully acquired third-party funding for our archaeometric project, CAPTA – Comprehensive Analysis of Pottery Composition from Traismauer/Augustianis: Rethinking Roman Trade Networks, and together with Sylvia Kirchengast, I secured funding for our bioarchaeological project, Cemeteries in the Southeastern Upper Danube River Basin (sUDRB) during the Roman Climate Optimum (RCO) and Late Antique Little Ice Age (LALIA), both within the framework of HEAS Seed Grants.

In addition, I participate in several archaeological projects as an archaeologist for the Austrian archaeological service company, ARDIG – Archäologischer Dienst GesmbH.

I am also a member of the research network, Human Evolution and Archaeological Sciences (HEAS), and a lecturer at the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of Vienna. In 2024, I received a Teaching Award in Biology from the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Vienna for my digital archaeology course, #excavation, designed to foster independent digital learning. This award recognized my efforts to promote self-directed and continuous learning among students, particularly in developing digital literacy around digital excavation methods.