from 2017
Professor for Linguistics at the Institute for German Language and Literature.

2011-2017
Assistant professor for empirical approaches to the English language Department of English and American Studies Humboldt University Berlin

2007-2011
Researcher
Project A2: Semantic and pragmatic effects of topicality. Project Leader: Manfred Krifka SFB 632 Information Structure, Department of German Language and Linguistics, Humboldt University Berlin

2006
Ph.D. Theoretical Linguistics, Humboldt University Berlin

2004-2007
Research Associate
Humboldt University Berlin,Institute of German Linguistics, Section General Linguistics (Winter term 2005/06: Section Semantics)

2000-2003
Graduate School Scholarship Holder
Humboldt University Berlin and University of Potsdam, Graduate School 275: Economy and Complexity in Language

1998-1999
Computational Linguist
Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Ypres, Belgium

1998
M.A. Free University Berlin

1992-1998 M.A. Studies English, General Linguistics, Media and Communication Studies Leipzig, Berlin, Antwerp, Brussels