Curriculum Vitae
Academic positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Experimental Linguistics
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń · Center for Language Evolution Studies
Principal Investigator & Postdoctoral Researcher
Leibniz-Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin · DFG project FLESH
Doctoral Researcher
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin & ZAS Berlin
Student & Research Assistant, Phonetics Working Group
Bielefeld University (Prof. Petra Wagner)
Visiting positions
Visiting Researcher
Goethe University Frankfurt
Visiting Researcher
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
Visiting Researcher
Donders Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen
Education
PhD in General Linguistics, summa cum laude
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · dissertation: Iconicity in Language and Speech
MA in Linguistics: Communication, Cognition and Language Technology
Bielefeld University
BA in Linguistics & Teaching German as a Foreign Language
Bielefeld University
Awards & honors
Nominated for the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis
by the President of the Leibniz Association
Wilhelm von Humboldt Prize
German Linguistic Society (DGfS), for the best linguistics doctorate in Germany
Roles & service
Coordinator, ViCom Data Network
Mentee, Leibniz Mentoring 2024/25
Deputy Equal Opportunities Officer, Leibniz-ZAS, Berlin
Guest Editor (with Susanne Fuchs and Jody Kreiman), JASA Special Issue on Iconicity and Sound Symbolism
Co-founder, envisionBOX
Co-organizer, ZAS Mentoring Program, Berlin
Teaching
Introduction to Bayesian Statistics
DGfS Summer School, Bielefeld University
Introduction to Linguistics
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · winter 2023/24 (with Jordan Chark) and 2024/25 (with Ludger Paschen)
Iconicity in Communication
DGfS Summer School, University of Göttingen
Sound Symbolism
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · summer
Iconicity in Language
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · winter 2018/19 (with Susanne Fuchs) and 2020/21