Barbara is Programme Manager at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. She started her professional career by working for the press and public affairs division of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in Bonn and Berlin. From 2004-2006 she managed the 2nd Euroscience Open Forum (ESOF2006) in Munich which was attended by 2100 delegates, among them over 400 science & media correspondents from Europe and abroad. Before joining SBS she worked for the Stifterverband fuer die Deutsche Wissenschaft in Berlin, a funding organisation dedicated to improve the collaboration between business and universities, in the field of science and innovation policy. At OxCEI Barbara manages the SBS Venture Fund and a variety of the Centre's other programmes and develops new concepts for activities in the field of entrepreneurship & innovation related topics.

Barbara received her academic training at the University of Heidelberg, Johns Hopkins University/Baltimore, and obtained a Masters degree from Oxford University specializing in the history of science, medicine and technology.