She studied chemistry at the University of Zagreb, and completed her PhD at the University of Strathclyde,G lasgow,w orking on DNA detection by advanced spectroscopies, such as SERRS. After postdoc research on DNA nanostructuring and artificial enzyme design at the University of Dortmund,s he was agroup leader at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology before joining Cambridge. Her research focuses on nanostructured biomaterials for use in photocatalysis and targeted drug delivery.