| 01/2016 - | Full (W3) Professor of English Linguistics (Englische Sprachwissenschaft), TU Braunschweig |
| 2014 | Full (W3) Professor of Multilingualism (Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung), University of Mannheim |
| 2014 | Habilitation, University of Mannheim (venia legendi in "Anglistischer Sprachwissenschaft") |
| 09/2013 - 11/2014 | Interim Professor (Vertretungsprofessor) of Multilingualism (Mehrsprachigkeitsforschung), University of Mannheim |
| 2012 - 2013 | Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat), English Linguistics (Anglistik I), University of Mannheim |
| 2007 - 2012 | Lecturer (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter), English Linguistics (Anglistik I), University of Mannheim |
| 2007 | Ph.D in Linguistics (University of Groningen, NL) |
| 2003 - 2007 | Ph.D. student (Assistent in Opleiding), University of Groningen (NL) |
| 2000 - 2002 | MA by Research in Linguistics and English Language, University of Durham (UK) |
| 1996 - 2000 | Student of English and Social Sciences at the Universities of Gießen, Göttingen, East Anglia, Berlin (FU) |