She received a PhD in seismology from ETH Zurich in 2013. She fuses expertise from Earth science, physics and computational mathematics to study the fundamentals of earthquake physics and develop methodological innovations for seismology. She is specifically interested in simulating waves and rupture processes within arbitrarily complex geological structures to enhance classic probabilistic seismic hazard assessment and a wide range of industry applications. Her career is distinguished by first-rate earthquake scenarios realized on some of the largest supercomputers worldwide.