After completing her B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Mareike studied for her M.A. Culture of the Techno-scientific World at the TU Braunschweig. Since 2019, she has been a research scientist at the DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems in the Energy Systems Analysis department, focusing on socio-ecological sustainability assessments. She is aspiring her Ph.D. in Social Sciences at the University of Bremen. In the EcoCab project (funded by the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action), she was responsible for the maritime-specific socio-ecological assessment of innovative cabin technologies and materials. In the follow-up project ReCab, she is focusing on the analysis and integration of stakeholder interests as well as the joint development of after-use concepts and recycling strategies of ship cabins.