Dr. Patricia Rahemipour studied Prehistoric and Classical Archaeology, as well as Philosophy, and gained first experiences as head of the study collection at the Department of Prehistory at the University of Leipzig. Thereafter, she worked as project manager and senior curator for the German Archaeological Institute and the Excellence Cluster “Topoi.” After two years at the Romano-Germanic Commission and Jewish Museum Frankfurt, she arrived at the Botanical Garden Berlin in 2014, advancing to Director of the Botanical Museum and the Department of Science Communication in 2016. She has been Director of the Institute for Museum Research at the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin since 2019.