Katharina studied for a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Energy Systems Engineering and a Master's degree in Systems Engineering at Flensburg University of Applied Sciences. Since completing her bachelor's degree, she has been employed as a student assistant in the research projects "open_eGo" and "eGon". Since May 2022, Katharina has been continuing this work in the field of cross-sector electricity grid modelling as a research assistant at the University of Flensburg.

• Flensburg University of Applied Sciences/ University of Flensburg, Reiner Lemoine Institute/ Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg/ German Aerospace Center Institute of Networked Energy Systems (2024): Ein offenes netzebenen- und sektorenübergreifendes Planungsinstrument zur Bestimmung des optimalen Einsatzes und Ausbaus von Flexibilitätsoptionen in Deutschland - Projektabschlussbericht. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10677901
• Büttner, C./ Esterl, K./ Cußmann, I./ Epia Realpe, C. A./ Amme, J./ Nadal, A. (2024): Influence of flexibility options on the German transmission grid — A sector-coupled mid-term scenario. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Transition, 5, 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rset.2024.100082
• Müller et al. (2019): "open_eGo - Netzebenenübergreifendes Planungsinstrument - zur Bestimmung des optimalen Netz- und Speicherausbaus in Deutschland - integriert in einer OpenEnergyPlatform - Abschlussbericht". ISSN: 2196-7164. https://www.uni-flensburg.de/fileadmin/content/abteilungen/industrial/dokumente/downloads/veroeffentlichungen/forschungsergebnisse/20190426endbericht-openego-fkz0325881-final.pdf?sword_list%5B0%5D=katharina&sword_list%5B1%5D=esterl&no_cache=1