Theresa grew up in Germany and moved to the Netherlands when she was 19 years old. After studying Biomedical Sciences she received her PhD title from the University of Amsterdam, where she specialised in immunology and protein chemistry.

Subsequently, she switched to the pharmaceutical industry, in the role of CMO project coordinator at Sanquin. After that Theresa has been involved in various international projects in different positions, ranging from project management, process validation to CMC file review. In 2015 Theresa started the process monitoring program at Sanquin and was involved in solving inspection observations.