Skadi Lange is a musician and marine biologist. She graduated in the field of marine zoophysiology, and obtained her Dr. rer. nat in the field of marine biogeochemistry/geomicrobiology at the CAU and GEOMAR, Kiel.
 
She was interim coordinator of the RTG 1743, Kiel, and was coordinating the Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology (LIED), the DFG-funded Research Training Group (RTG) 2633 "Defining and Targeting Autoimmune Pre-Disease", and the Lübeck-Sharjah dual-degree programme (the latter interim).