Anja Pfennig was born in Büdelsdorf, Germany in 1970. She studied Minerology at the Rheinische Friedrich Wilhelms University Bonn, Germany, where she graduated in 1997. Her Ph.D. in the field of ceramic moulds for liquid metal casting was earned in 2001 from the Friedrich Alexander University of Erlangen, Germany. She then worked for Siemens Energy in charge of ceramic shields for stationary gas turbines, and transferred to Berlin in 2008 where she conducted scientific research on the oxidation of high-temperature materials and corrosion behavior of steels used in Carbon Capture Techniques. In 2009, she became full professor at the Applied University Berlin, HTW, where she currently teaches material science for engineering students. Anja Pfennig's research interest and expertise is in the field of corrosion fatigue of materials at high temperature and high pressure, simulating geothermal environments.