Kurzbiografie
- since 2016 Chair of the Hessian University Rectors' Conference (KHU)
- 2015-2016 Deputy Chair of the Hessian University Rectors' Conference (KHU)
- since 2013 Deputy Chair of the Board of uni-assist e.V. (re-elected 2016)
- 2012 Honorary Doctorate (Dr. h.c.) awarded by The University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine of Iasi (Romania)
- since 2012 VicePresident of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) (re-elected 2015)
- since 2011 Chair of the Executive Board of the International Computer Archive of Modern and Medieval English (ICAME) (re-elected 2014)
- since 2009 President of the University of Giessen (re-elected 2015)
- 4/2006 Chair of English linguistics offered at the University of Salzburg (declined)
- 8/2005 Chair of English linguistics offered at the University of Zurich (declined)
- 1/2004 Full Professor and Chair of English Linguistics at the University of Giessen
- 2003 Substitute Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Giessen
- 2003 "Habilitation" in English Philology with a post-doctoral thesis on English ditransitive verbs
- 2000 – 2003 Assistant Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) of English Linguistics at the University of Bonn
- 2000 PhD in English Linguistics with a dissertation on the interaction between intonation and syntax
- 1999 Second State Examination
- 1998 – 2000 Trainee teacher and part-time teacher at the Gymnasium am Wirteltor , Düren, and PhD student/research assistant at the University of Bonn
- 1997 M.A. and First State Examination
- 1992 – 1997 Studied English Language and Literature, Biology and Pedagogy at the Technical University of Aachen