Career / Experience

Academic education:

10/2007 - 10/2011 PhD in Linguistics at the University of Leuven, Belgium (summa cum laude, dissertation in German)
10/2006 - 07/20007 Advanced Master in Cognitive Linguistics, University of Leuven, Belgium (magna cum laude, thesis in English)
02/2000 - 09/2002 Political Science at the University of Vienna, Austria (no degree)
09/1999 - 01/2006 Master in Romance Languages at the University of Vienna, Austria (French, Spanish, Romanian; master thesis in French)

Career:
10/2007 - 10/2011 Research assistant at the University of Leuven, Belgium
04/2010 - 06/2010 Research stay at the University of Santa Barbara, California

Language certifactes/experience:
French: Master degree from the University of Vienna, Austria
Dutch: Instituut voor Levende Talen Leuven: B2+ obtained in 2007, 6 years of living and working experience in Dutch-speaking Belgium led to near-native command of Dutch
English: TOEFL, 9 (2007) ; extensive publication record in English

Specialization:
translation of scientific texts (Dutch, English, French to German, German to English, German to Dutch; 4 years of experience)