Short CV

Professional experience

• Lecturer (~Assistant professor, tenure track) [2024-present]
  School of Psychology, Newcastle University 

• Affiliated researcher [2024-present]
  Associate lecturer [2022-present]
  Research associate [2019-2023, 2024 - present]
  Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge

• Postdoctoral researcher [2017-2019]
  Institute of Dutch Studies & Cluster of excellence "Hearing4All", University of Oldenburg, Germany 

Degrees

• PhD, Center for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, The Netherlands [2017] 

• Msc in Human-Machine Communication (cum laude), University of Groningen [2012] 

• BSc in Artificial Intelligence, University of Groningen, The Netherlands [2010]

Research stays

• University of Cologne, Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 1252) "Prominence in Language", Cologne, Germany [2022]

• University of Oldenburg, Institute of Dutch Studies, Oldenburg, Germany [2016-2017] 

• Carnegie Mellon University, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Pittsburgh, USA [2011-2012] 

• Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel (exchange student) [2010-2011] 

Teaching

• Lecturer. Perception, Newcastle University [2024-present]

• Lecturer. Individual Differences, Newcastle University [2024-presenr]

• Panel tutor. Mst. in English Language Assessment, University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education [2022-present]

• Lecturer. Li3: Language, Brains and Machines, University of Cambridge [2023-2024]

• Lecturer. Taalunie Summer School Dutch: Language, Culture and Profession for learners of Dutch, Ghent University, Belgium [2019-present]

• Lecturer. Li16: Psychology of Language, University of Cambridge [2022-2023]

• Lecturer. Li3: Language, Brain and Society, University of Cambridge [2022-2023]

• Supervisor. Li16: Psychology of Language, University of Cambridge [2021-2022]

• Supervisor. Li5: Linguistic Theory, University of Cambridge [2021-2022]

• Supervisor. Li3: Language, Brain and Society, University of Cambridge [2020-2022]

• Teaching associate. MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience, University of Cambridge [2020-2021, 2021-2022]

• Teaching associate. Semantics and Language acquisition, University of Groningen [2014-2015] 

• Teaching assistant. Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Methodology, Language and Speech Technology, University of Groningen [2009-2011]

Grants 

• PI on the Language Sciences' AI@Cam project "Improving language equity and inclusion through AI"-funded project Geographic Disparities in Cognitive and Social Development in England: A Bayesian Network Analysis of the Impact of Socio-Economic Status and speaking English as an Additional Language in North East and Cambridge Children 2025, in collaboration with Newcastle University

• PI on the ESRC Impact Acceleration Account-funded project How multilingualism affects social traits in autism spectrum disorder (MultiASD) [2024] (in partnership with Autism North East)

• Collaborator on the Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme-funded project Language learning through mixed language input: an exploratory experimental approach [2024 - 2025]. PI: Ianthi Tsimpli, University of Cambridge, UK.

• Post-Doctoral Enrichment Award, Alan Turing Institute. Project title: Bilingualism and Autism Spectrum Disorder: Machine Learning Explorations of Big Data on Heterogeneous Symptomatology [2022]

• PI on the Cambridge Language Sciences Incubator fund and Isaac Newton Trust-funded project Flexible processing in multilingualism: The case of innovative denominal verbs, Cambridge, UK. [2022]

• Visiting Fellowship grant from the Collaborative Research Centre "Prominence in Language" (CRC 1252) at the University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany [2022]

• Collaborator on the British Academy-funded project Supporting the development of Indian primary school children's reading comprehension skills: A scaffolding-based intervention (TGC\200109), 2021 - 2023. PI: Ianthi Tsimpli, University of Cambridge, UK.

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) grant for conference visit to WoRLD: Workshop on Reading, Language, and Deafness, San Sebastian, Spain [2018]

• STIBET Contact scholarship for a research stay at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany [2016-2017] 

• RefNet Summer School Travel and Accommodation Grant, 24-31 August, Edinburgh, UK [2014] 

• Marco Polo Grant for studies at the Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Be'er Sheva, Israel [2010-2011]