She started her academic career in Salzburg, is a certified trainer in sports swimming, finished her doctoral thesis at the German Sports School Cologne (Sports Medicine and Science of Exercise Training, 1991-1995) and was a post doc at the Department of Nutrition and Biochemistry of the Aristoteles University Thessaloniki (1996-1999). In 2016 she received her second doctor´s degree in Medical Sciences (Exercise Therapy) from the Paracelsus Medical Private University. She dedicates her work to "Exercise, Physical Fitness and Health" with a focus on untrained adults and children with increased metabolic and cardiovascular risk.