Kris is a psychologist (Ph.D. at University of Cologne ) and cognitive scientist (M.Sc. at Ruhr University Bochum). After a two-year postdoc at Brown University in the US in clinical neuroscience on mindfulness and meditation, they have been living in Berlin since 2019, working as a sex counselor and systemic psychotherapist. Since October 2023, they are teaching at Greifswald University in systemic therapy and clinical psychology. Since December 2023, Kris is doing research at Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg as part of the Self Recovery project with Thelke Scholz, Samuel Thoma and others.