Curriculum Vitae

Academic positions

November 2009-
Lecturer in Linguistics, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney

March 2008-November 2009
Chancellor's Post-doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences: Education)

August 2004-February 2008
Lecturer in English linguistics (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin), Department of English linguistics, University of Augsburg, Germany - on research leave from 2006 to 2008

July 2002-June 2003
Senior Research and Teaching Assistant/Tutor (wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft and Lehrbeauftragte), Department of English linguistics, University of Augsburg

August 2001-November 2001
Junior Research Assistant (studentische Hilfskraft), Department of French linguistics, University of Augsburg

October 2000-June 2002
Junior Research and Teaching Assistant/Tutor (studentische Hilfskraft and Tutor), Department of English linguistics, University of Augsburg

Education

2008
Habilitation, University of Augsburg, Germany

2005
PhD in English linguistics (summa cum laude), supervisors: Prof. W. Bublitz, Augsburg, Prof. S. Hunston, Birmingham

2002
MA in English linguistics, English literature and Romance linguistics/French (1,07), University of Augsburg

September 1999-June 2000
Exchange student at the University of Southampton (UK)

1997
Abitur (HSC/A-levels/high-school graduation), Bodenseegymnasium Lindau (1,0)

January-March 1994
Exchange pupil in Dun Laoghaire (Ireland), on an exchange scheme of the Bayerischer Jugendring


Scholarships/grants/prizes


April 2009: Award of Distinguished Talent visa,Department of Immigration and Citizenship,Australia

March 2008-November 2009: Chancellors post-doctoral research fellowship, University of Technology, Sydney

February 2006-February 2008: DFG research grant (post-doc research at the University of Sydney) (German Research Foundation)

August 2005-January 2006: Research project Emotions across Corpora, funded by a grant from the University of Augsburg


January 2004-March 2004: DAAD research grant (PhD research at the University of Birmingham) (German Academic Exchange Service)


July 2003-July 2004: Scholarship for Ph.D. students from the University of Augsburg(Grafög)

September 1999-June 2000:DAAD grant (for studying at the University of Southampton) (German Academic Exchange Service)


1995-1996: Participation in the Mehrsprachenwettbewerb der Sekundarstufe II (Bundeswettbewerb Fremdsprachen), a nation-wide language exam, gaining a third place with the languages English and French


Visiting Research fellowships

February 2006-February 2008: Visiting scholar at the University of Sydney (Australia)

September 2003-April 2004: Visiting research fellow at the University of Birmingham (UK)


Languages

  • Japanese (very basic)
  • Latin, Italian, Spanish (basic)
  • French (fluent)
  • English (near-native)
  • German (native)

Administration, service, professional outreach

  • Book reviews editor for Discourse & Communication (from 2010)
  • Reviewer for international linguistic journals (e.g. Journal of Pragmatics, International Journal of Corpus Linguistics, English Text Construction)
  • Conference and workshop organisation (University of Augsburg, University of Sydney)
  • PhD thesis validation for a European Doctorate (University of León, Spain)
  • Co-supervision of PhD students
  • Organisation of student feedback surveys in the School of English (Anglistik/Amerikanistik), University of Augsburg, 2005, in co-operation with the HDZ (Hochschuldidaktisches Zentrum)
  • Application for research grants (DAAD, DFG, ARC)
  • Administration of research grants and budgets (DFG, UTS)