Studied history and cultural studies in Vienna and Madrid; 2010–11 member www.ns‑quellen.at project; 2011–12 member of provenance research project in the parliament library; since 2013 provenance researcher at the University of Vienna Library; member of Provenienzforschung und Restitution – Bibliotheken (Provenance Research and Restitution – Libraries) working group; since 2018 head of NS-Provenienzforschung (NS Provenance Research) working group in the Vereinigung Österreichischer Bibliothekarinnen und Bibliothekare (VÖB) (Association of Austrian Librarians).
The Vienna-born art historian Fritz Saxl was awarded his doctorate from the University of Vienna in 1912 for a thesis on Rembrandt van Rijn.