| since 01/2019 | Apl. Professor (Associate Professor) University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing | 
| since 06/2012 | Akademische Rätin (Associate Professor) University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing | 
| 10/2011-12/2016 | DFG Heisenberg Fellow University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing | 
| 09/2010-09/2011 | Parental Leave | 
| 10/2006-09/2011 | Post-Doc in Computational Linguistics University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing Collaborative Research Centre 732 "Incremental Specification in Context" Project: Modular Lexicalisation of Probabilistic Context-Free Grammars | 
| 07/2008-07/2009 | Parental Leave | 
| 06/2009 | Habilitation Saarland University, Faculty of Philosophy Thesis: Theoretical Adequacy, Human Data and Classification Approaches in Modelling Word Properties, Word Relatedness and Word Classes | 
| 04/2004-09/2006 | Post-Doc in Computational Linguistics Saarland University, Computational Linguistics and Phonetics International Graduate School Saarbrücken/Edinburgh "Language Technology and Cognitive Systems" | 
| 04/2004-12/2004 | Freelancer Language Technology Brockhaus Duden Neue Medien GmbH | 
| 09/2003-03/2004 | Product Manager Language Technology Brockhaus Duden Neue Medien GmbH | 
| 08/2000-07/2003 | PhD in Computational Linguistics University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing Graduate School 609 "Linguistic Representations and their Interpretation" Thesis: Experiments on the Automatic Induction of German Semantic Verb Classes | 
| 10/2001-11/2001 | Collaboration with Bibliographisches Institut & F.A. Brockhaus AG Project: Comparison of Lexical Verb Entries | 
| 04/1999-07/2000 | Researcher University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing Collaborative Research Centre 340 "Linguistic Theory and the Foundations of Computational Linguistics" Project: Statistical Grammar Models and Lexicon Acquisition | 
| 10/1993-12/1998 | Diploma in Computational Linguistics University of Stuttgart, Institute for Natural Language Processing Thesis: Automatic Semantic Classification of Verbs According to their Alternation Behaviour | 
| 10/1996-09/1997 | MSc-Program in Cognitive Science and Natural Language University of Edinburgh, Centre for Cognitive Science Thesis (Studienarbeit): Resolving Bridging Descriptions in High-Dimensional Space | 
| 08/1990-07/1993 | Dual Studies in Computer Science for Industrial Requirements Berufsakademie Emsland e.V. in cooperation with Deilmann Erdöl Erdgas GmbH Thesis (in German): Entwicklung eines Informationssystems zur Verwaltung und Überwachung der EDV-technischen Einrichtungen der Deilmann Erdöl Erdgas GmbH | 
| 08/1983-07/1990 | Gymnasium Georgianum, Lingen (Ems) | 
| Early in my life | Starting my (computational) linguistics career |