worked as research fellow on »Das Leben schreiben. Medientechnologie und die Wissenschaften vom Leben (1800–1900)«, a research project at Weimar University (2002-2005). Thereafter she was assistant with the professorship of the modern history of arts at Basel University and member of the Swiss National Science Foundation on Iconic Criticism (SNF-Bildkritik). She currently holds a chair as Professor of Art History and Aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts Muenster.