Martin Mössmer

Linguist, PhD student, cook

My name is Martin Mössmer, and I am a PhD student at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I have an MA and BA(Hons) in Linguistics from the University of Cape Town.

Originally from Pretoria, South Africa, I moved to Cape Town in 2007 to study the culinary arts. For the next few years I worked as a chef, before opening a bakery in the Muizenberg village. After four years of kneading dough and many 3 am’s, I decided to go to university. There, in 2014, linguistics stormed in and took over my life and many of my interests! I have been studying, researching, and working in Linguistics ever since.

These days I'm an avid domestic cook and baker, and I enjoy tinkering with recipes until they're just right. You caould say that I'm the same when it come to research! I enjoy listening to music (blues, classical, and 70s and 80s stuff), going to gelleries and museums, and – above all – good fine and good company.