Melanie received her BA in English Studies and Communication/Media Studies from the University of Rostock (2014). She holds an MA in China Studies from Zhejiang University (2019) and an MA in Deutsch als Fremd- und Fachsprache (German as a Foreign Language/Language for Specific Purposes), with a special focus on linguistics and cultural studies, from Technische Universität Berlin (2020). She manages publication projects in Department III and is one of the gender equality officers at the MPIWG.