Verena Paul, born in Güssing/Austria, studied musicology at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg and at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz, where she completed her studies in 2011.
As an assistant (2013-2017) at the Pannonische Forschungsstelle – International Center for Wind Music Research (University of Music and Performing Arts Graz) she started with her thesis, which focuses on instrumentation and military bands in the 19th century. In 2017 she started to work as a librarian in the center to continue her studies.
She also is a member of the board of the International Society for Research and Promotion of Wind Music (IGEB; 2017-2020 as general secretary and since 2020 as a member of the advisory board).