1995 Abitur at the Alexander-von-Humboldt-Gymnasium Schweinfurt; 1995 to 2000: Law studies at the Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland); scholarship holder of the German Graduate and Gifted Promotion of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation; First State Examination in Law (focus: environmental law, economic administrative law); 2000 to 2001: Doctoral studies at the University of Würzburg, scholarship holder of the German Graduate and Talent Program of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation; doctoral thesis: Parliamentary Committees of Inquiry of the German Bundestag; 2001 to 2003: legal clerkship in Schweinfurt and Munich; 2003 Second State Law Examination (focus: commercial law); 2004 admission to the bar. 2004 to 2013 Member of the European Parliament; since 2008 District Councillor in the District of Schweinfurt; since October 2013 Member of the German Bundestag Federal Electoral District of Schweinfurt-Kitzingen; 2013 to 2017 Chairwoman of the Committee on the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety; 2017 to 2021 Climate Representative of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, since 2021 Spokeswoman for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group; since 2017 1st Deputy Chairwoman of the Women's Group of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group.
Member of the CSU party executive committee, co-chair of the CSU constitutional commission, district chair of the CSU Schweinfurt-Land, deputy district chair of the CSU Lower Franconia, state chair of the CSU working group on environmental protection and state development, deputy state chair of the Women's Union.
