EDUCATION

From July 2011	Postdoctoral researcher within the Junior Research Group 'Cognitive Models of Human Language Processing and their Application to Dialogue Systems' at the MMCI Cluster of Excellence, Saarland University
October 2007 to June 2011	PhD student and member of the International Research Training Group of Language Technology and Cognitive Systems (IRTG), Saarland University, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
November 2007	Master of Science in Psycholinguistics at the University of Edinburgh, UK (scholarship provided by the German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD).
September 2005	Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and Pedagogy (Pedagogical Psychology) at the 'Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum', Germany.
WORK EXPERIENCES
April to July 2010	Teaching Position, Department of Computational Linguistics, Saarland University (Exercise Grammar Formalisms)
October 2009	Teaching Position, Department of Computational Linguistics, Saarland University (Preparation Course Introduction to Syntax)
February 2004 to August 2006	Student research assistant, working with Nikolaus Himmelmann, Department of Linguistics, 'Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum' (processing of linguistic fieldwork data)
February 2006 to July 2006	Student teaching assistent (syntax, mainly Head-driven Phrase Structure Grammar)
March to April 2004	Practical training at the Poko-Institut in Muenster (Institute for communication and leadership training)
August 2003	Practical training with a speech therapist in Kempen