In her professional engagements, Eva has consulted for the Athens Airport Authority (2004, Summer Olympics), Vancouver Airport Authority (2010, Winter Olympics), and the Holy Mecca (2009, Pilgrimage Planning). In her dissertation (2009, Massachusetts Institute of Technology), she explored the urban change process cities undergo when hosting the Olympic Games through four case studies: Barcelona, Atlanta, Athens and Sydney.

Eva was born in Germany and has lived in Sydney (Australia), London (UK), Barcelona (Spain), Lausanne (Switzerland), Athens (Greece), and Boston (USA). She graduated in 2009 from MIT with a Ph.D. in Urban Planning (Department of Urban Planning and Studies) and a S.M. in Transportation (Civil and Environmental Engineering). She also received her degree (Diplom-Ingenieur) from the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) in Business Engineering.