Melinda studied biology with a focus on genetics and biochemistry at the Justus-Liebig-University in Giessen and received her Master’s degree in 2017. During her Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis work at the Institute of Biochemistry, she was involved in the analysis of the DNA mismatch repair system and the development of a novel circRNA-based therapeutic tool for HCV infection, respectively. In the beginning of 2018 she joined Christian Münch’s research group as a PhD student and is analyzing the mitochondrial unfolded protein response.