Curriculum Vitae (Short)

Education

1998-2001

Rice University, Houston, Texas
Graduate Studies in General Linguistics
M.A. Linguistics (January 2001), Ph.D. Linguistics (May 2001)

1994-1997

Universität Hamburg
English Linguistics and Applied Linguistics
M.A. English Linguistics (November 1997)

Academic Positions

Since August 2010

Universität Hamburg
Professor of English Linguistics

2002-2010

Universität Bremen
Professor of English Linguistics

2002

Syddansk Universitet, Sønderborg, Denmark
Guest Lecturer in Business English and Intercultural Communication
Institut for Fagsprog, Kommunikation og Informationsvidenskab

2000-2002

Universität Hamburg
Research assistant and lecturer
Dept. of English and American Studies

Research Support

2005-2007

DFG-Nachwuchsnetzwerk Konstruktionsgrammatik
Principal Investigator (with Kerstin Fischer)

2010-10-09

Presidency of the DGKL/GCLA

The general assembly of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association has done me the singular honor of electing me as president of the association for a term of two years. I hope to use this opportunity, among other things, to initiate more lively debates between Cognitive Linguistics and other frameworks.

2010-09-30

Plenary at PALC 2011

I have been invited to give a plenary talk at the 8th international conference on Practical Applications in Language and Computers, held, as always, in the beautiful Polish city of Łódź. I am looking forward to a stimulating exchange of cutting-edge ideas on the use of corpora and corpus tools in exploring and advancing our understanding of language and linguistic theory and practice.

2010-07-21

Interdisciplinary Centre for Research on Lexicography, Valency and Collocation

I am honored to announce that the Board of the Interdisziplinäres Zentrums für Lexikografie, Valenz- und Kollokationsforschung at the Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg has invited me to join the center as an external member.

2010-06-10

University of Hamburg

I have accepted a position as Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Hamburg starting August 1st, 2010. I am looking forward to working with my new colleagues in the Department of Language Literature and Media in Germany's Tor zur Welt and I thank my old colleagues in Bremen for eight exciting years.