I studied Protestant theology at the University of Leipzig and the Humboldt University in Berlin. In 2009, I received my doctorate in theology from the Humboldt University of Berlin with a thesis on Paul's understanding of God. In 2015, I habilitated in the subject of New Testament at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich with a thesis on the soteriology of Luke's double work. From 2009 to 2017, I worked there as a research assistant and postdoctoral researcher. I then represented the subject of New Testament at the University of Cologne as Teaching staff for special tasks. I subsequently held a total of six deputy professorships in the subject of New Testament at various universities, including two different professorships at LMU Munich and professorships at Humboldt-Universität Berlin and Augustana-Hochschule Neuendettelsau. Funded by a research grant from the Gerda Henkel Foundation (2022-2024), I have been working on the reception of Jerusalem in ancient Judaism, Hellenistic-Roman authors and early Christianity. In this context, I have also analysed the beginnings of anti-Semitism in antiquity and its development from the Hellenistic period to the early Empire (ca. 120 AD). I specialise in early Christian theology, in particular the concept of God in the New Testament, Christology and soteriology. In my research, I have dealt intensively with Paul's letters and Luke's double work. When analysing the ideological, religious and philosophical backgrounds of New Testament authors, I pay particular attention to the Old Testament and the early Jewish tradition, but also to ancient philosophy (especially the Socratic tradition and Cynicism) and aspects of the Hellenistic and Roman ruler cult. In recent years, I have been working on cultural studies approaches to the New Testament, in particular the formation of early Christian identities, the significance of collective memory in this process and the concept of places of memory.