Barbara received her PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) in Biochemistry from the Philipps University of Marburg in Germany. She then joined the University of Oxford as a Postdoctoral Research Associate, studying the structural biology of complex membrane proteins.After her postdoctoral research, Barbara worked as a Senior Scientist at Evotec, a contract drug development company. Her time at Evotec gave her deeper insights into the challenges of protein production in drug discovery.