Nadine Mennes studied biology at the University of Düsseldorf. She finished her PhD at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Physiology in Dortmund in the field of archaebacterial phototaxis. Related to this work her main research is based on molecular biology, microbiology and biochemistry.
Joining the RUB-BioMIP Team in Mai 2007, she was involved in the projects PACE and Hepatosys.