Alexandra obtained her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry at the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg and moved to Frankfurt to focus her Master’s studies on Biochemistry at the Goethe University. For her Master’s thesis, she joined the group of Anja Bremm, where she investigated the role of deubiquitinating enzymes in retromer-mediated protein trafficking and autophagy. Alexandra started her PhD in the lab in January 2016 and continues with her project working on DUBs in protein trafficking and sorting.