Education
1988—1995 studied English, Spanish and Computer Science at the University of Leeds and the Free University of Berlin 1995 M.A. in English and Computer Science, Free University of Berlin 1997 Dr. phil. in English Linguistics, Free University of Berlin 2002 post-doctoral degree (Habilitation) in English Linguistics, Free University of Berlin
Professional Appointments
1998—2001 Assistant Professor, Free University of Berlin 2001—2004 Full Professor (C3), University of Hamburg 2004— Professor and Chair of English Linguistics (C4), University of Hamburg 11/2014 Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore 02—09/2015 Visiting Professor, University of Calgary 08/2017 Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore 11/2017 Visiting Professor, Monash University Melbourne 09—10/2018 Visiting Professor, Macquarie University Sydney 08—09/2022 Visiting Professor, Macquarie University Sydney 03/2023 Visiting Professor, University of Canterbury at Christchurch
Coordination of Research Units
2007—2009 Coordinator of the Knowledge Transfer Unit at the Collaborative Research Centre on Multilingualism (SFB 538), University of Hamburg 2008—2010 Coordinator of the Collaborative Research Centre on Multilingualism Sonderforschungsbereich 538, University of Hamburg 2009—2013 Coordinator of the Landesexzellenzcluster on Linguistic Diversity Management in Urban Areas (LiMA), University of Hamburg
Service to the Community
2017— Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Language Contact, Leiden: Brill. 2019—2021 Treasurer and Member of the Executive Board of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS)