Curriculum Vitae


Education
June 1999 Habilitation Intonation and Information Structure - The Representation of Focus in Phonology and Semantics at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Konstanz, Germany. Venia legendi for General Linguistics
Nov. 1992 Dr. phil. in General Linguistics; Title of Dissertation: Epsilon-Ausdrücke als Semanteme für definite und indefinite Nominalphrasen und anaphorische Pronomen (Epsilon Terms as Semantemes for Definite and Indefinite NPs and Anaphoric Pronouns) - Summa Cum Laude, University of Konstanz
Oct. 1990 Master's Degree in Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Konstanz; Title of Thesis: Kategoriale Unifikationsgrammatiken (Categorial Unification Grammars) - Awarded With Honors
Sept. 1987 - July 1988 Studies in General Linguistics, Cognitive Science and Oriental Languages at the University of Edinburgh
Oct. 1984 - Oct. 1990 Studies in General Linguistics and Philosophy at the University of Konstanz

Academic Positions
April 2012 - present Professor and Chair of German Linguistics, University of Cologne
May 2003 - March 2012 Professor and Chair of German and General Linguistics, University of Stuttgart
Oct. 1999 - July 2000 Replacement of the Chair of German Linguistics at the University of Konstanz
April 1997 - Sept. 1999 Habilitation Grant, Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation
Oct. 1990 - March 1997 Research Associate at the DFG Project Interaktion von Lexikon und Semantik (Interaction Between the Lexicon and Semantics) under the direction of Urs Egli

Grants and Awards
Jan. 2010 - June 2010 Award Winner and Senior Fellow at the Zukunftskolleg (Academic Research Forum) at the University of Konstanz
Oct. 2008 - Sept. 2010 Research Professorship for the Project Spezifizität als grammatische Kategorie zwischen Intentionalität und Indexikalität (Specificity as a Grammatical Category between Intentionality and Indexicality), supported by the Fritz-Thyssen Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation in the Context of the "Initiative Pro-Humanities" (Magnum Opus)
Aug. 2000 - April 2003 Heisenberg Grant by the German Science Foundation
April 1997 Habilitation Grant by the German Science Foundation (offered, but declined due to a competing offer by the Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation)
April 1997 - Sept. 1999 Habilitation Grant, Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation, administrated by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
1989 - 1990 Academic Scholarship for the Master study, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
Sept. 1987 - July 1988 Academic Scholarship, DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), awarded for the duration of stay at the University of Edinburgh

Temporary Positions and Stays Abroad
May 2012 Visiting Professor at Universita Autonoma de Barcelona
Nov. - Dec. 2009 Visiting Professor at the University of Zürich
Oct. - Nov. 2002 Visiting Fellow at the Human Communication Research Centre and Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh (formerly Centre for Cognitive Science)
April - May 1998 Visiting Fellow at the Department of Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin
April - Dec. 1997 Associate at the Linguistics Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
March - April 1996 Visiting Fellow at the Linguistics Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
1993 - 1999 Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy of the Academy of Sciences in Prague and at the Institute of Formal and Algebraic Linguistic of the Karlsuniversität Prague
Feb. - April 1993 Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI) and the Department of Linguistics, Stanford University