Lebenslauf/CV

born 1963, married, 4 children
1982-1987: Studied English and Physical Education at Munich University and Munich Technical and Exeter University, UK
1988-1989, 1990-1996 and 1997-1999: Full-time research assistant in English Linguistics, Munich University
1989-1990: German Lektor, Westfield College, University of London
1992: Dr. phil. in English Linguistics, English Literature and Psycholinguistics
1996-1997: Research grant from the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Research in Oxford (Prof. Jean Aitchison) and Birmingham (COBUILD)
1999: Habilitation at Munich University
April - September 1999: Acting Chair of English Linguistics, Dresden Technical University
October 1999 - March 2000: Acting Chair of English Linguistics, Ruhr-University Bochum
April 2000 - March 2005: Chair of English Linguistics, Bayreuth University
Since April 2005: Chair of Modern English Linguistics, Munich University
2008-2010: President of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association (GCLA)
Member of the editorial board of the book series Language in Performance, Tübingen: Narr
2017 - 2021: Editor of the journal Pragmatics and Cognition
October 2017 - September 2018: Opus Magnum scholarship awarded by the Volkswagen Foundation
Since October 2021: Dean of the Faculty of Linguistics and Literary Studies, LMU
Since 2021: Co-series editor of the book series Grundlagen der Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin
Since January 2025: Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cognitive Linguistics