| 2018 | Bereichsleiterin für Molekulare Bakteriendiagnostik (inkl. Mykobakterien) |
| 2016 | Venia docendi (Habilitation) für Hygiene und Mikrobiologie |
| 2016 | 2. Stellvertreterin des Leiters des Diagnostik- und Forschungs- (D&F) Instituts für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Umweltmedizin |
| 2014 | ESCMID Postgraduate Technical Workshop. Thema: Anaerobic Bacteria: Next Generation Technology Meets Anaerobic Diagnostics. Groningen, Netherlands. |
| 2008 -2011 | Doktoratsstudium der Medizinischen Wissenschaften an der Medizinischen Universität Graz Thema der Dissertation: Molecular detection of bacteria and fungi in blood samples: comparison of two molecular assays with conventional blood culture |
| 2007 | Einwöchiger ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course. Thema: Bacterial Molecular Typing- A Practical and Theoretical Course. Oeiras, Portugal |
| 2007 | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Hygiene der Medizinischen Universität Graz |
| 2000 -2005 | Diplomstudium der Mikrobiologie, Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz; Diplomarbeit: Typing and Antibiotic resistance of group A streptococci in Styria, Austria |
| 1996 -2007 | MTA am Institut für Hygiene, Bakteriologisches und Mycologisches Labor sowie Labor für molekulare Erregerdiagnostik |
| 1993 -1996 | Akademie für den med.-tech. Laboratoriumsdienst des Landes Steiermark |
| 2016 | Poster Award at the 35th ÖGHMP-Jahrestagung, Zell am See, Austria (First Author; "Point - prevalence survey of Multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria in long time care facilities") |
| 2015 | Best Oral Presentation at the 23rd DOSCH-Symposium, Velden, Austria (First Author and speaker; "Concordant and disrepant results of the C. diff Quik Chek Complete retested with BDMax C diff and toxigenic culture") |
| 2015 | Poster Award at the 23rd DOSCH-Symposium, Velden, Austria (First Author; "Actinobaculum spp. detected in clinical samples in south-east Austria) |
| 2014 | Poster Award at the 10th International Symposium on Molecular Diagnostics, Graz, Austria (First Author; "PCR-based identification of pathogens in positive blood cultures using the FilmArray blood culture identification panel") |
| 2014 -2023 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Infektionskrankheiten und Tropenmedizin Member |
| 2012 -2023 | American Society for Microbiology Member |
| 2008 -2023 | Österreichische Gesellschaft für Hygiene, Mikrobiologie und Päventivmedizin Mitglied |
| 2008 -2023 | European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Member |
| 2024 -2024 | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| 2023 -2023 | BMC MICROBIOLOGY |
| 2022 -2022 | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| 2019 -2019 | SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| 2016 -2017 | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| 2016 -2016 | ARCHIVES OF MEDICAL RESEARCH |
| 2016 -2016 | DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE |
| 2016 -2016 | EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES |
| 2016 -2016 | Journal of Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology |
| 2012 -2015 | JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| 2013 -2014 | DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE |
| 2014 -2014 | APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY |
| 2014 -2014 | MEDIATORS OF INFLAMMATION |