Curriculum Vitae

2017-2021

PhD at the University of Newcastle, Australia

Thesis: "Towards a Theory of Complex Predicates in Australian and Oceanic languages: An Analysis of Coverb Constructions in Wagiman and Serial Verb Constructions in Vurës" (PDF)

Supervisors: A/Prof Bill Palmer, A/Prof Mark Harvey, Dr Catriona Malau

2015-2017

M.A. in Empirical Linguistics, Goethe University Frankfurt

Focus: Comparative Linguistics

Master's Thesis: "A Description of Surabayan Javanese with Special Reference to its Linguistic Etiquette" (PDF)

Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Jost Gippert, Prof. Dr. Bernd Nothofer

2009-2015

B.A. in Empirical Linguistics, Goethe University Frankfurt

Major: Indo-European Studies

Minor: Southeast Asian Studies

Bachelor's Thesis: "Language Contact: Malay Influence on Thai" (PDF)

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Nothofer

since 2025

Postdoctoral researcher in the HéLiCéO project at École Normale Supérieure – Sorbonne Nouvelle
Research: The South Bird's Head languages (IMEKKO) in the context of the Papunesia

2023-2025

Postdoctoral researcher in the ComPLETE project at CNRS-Lattice Paris, École Normale Supérieure – Sorbonne Nouvelle

Research: Complex Predicates in Melanesia and the ComPLETE Database

Since 2022

Interpreter at the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) for English and Indonesian;

Certified and sworn translator for Indonesian and Malay in Germany, website: www.kraussetranslations.com

2021-2024

Research Assistant in the AHRC Project of the University of Oxford to investigate the Enggano language

2022-2023

Research assistant with Appen to digitize the Larrakia language collection by Mark Harvey;

English teacher at Elsterwerda Elsterschloss High School and the Technical Colleges of Schwarzheide and Sedlitz, Germany

2022

German teacher for Ukrainian refugees at the community college (VHS) in Elsterwerda, Germany

2021-2023

Content creator at Mango Languages for the German grammar section in Farmington Hills, MI (online);

2021-2022

Freelance German Teacher for Germany Indonesia Professionals, Berlin (online)

2020-2022

Teaching assistant in Advanced Thai III at the Goethe University in Frankfurt (online)

2019

Tutor for Introduction to Linguistics at the University of Newcastle, Australia

2017-2019

Postgraduate Student Representative for the Australian Linguistics Society (ALS).

2016-2017

Library assistant for Indian books at the Library for Empirical Linguistics in Frankfurt, Germany

2015-2017

Tutor for General Linguistics, Syntax, and Linguistic Typology at the Goethe University of Frankfurt, Germany

2015

Representative for Indonesia at Frankfurt Book Fair;

Translator English>German for the comic “Adventure of Esther and Kartolo: Our Sea“ for Ikatan Penerbit Indonesia (IKAPI)

2014

Teaching assistant for German at Exzellent Institut in Surabaya, Indonesia;

Teaching assistant for German at SMA Negeri 15 in Surabaya, Indonesia

2013

Teacher for an intensive German Course at YFU for Thai exchange students in Lüneburg, Germany

2012

German Teacher at High School SMA Negeri 1 Sooko in Mojokerto, Indonesia

2012-2014

Tutor for Thai writing system at the Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany (material)

2011-2014

Library assistant at the Asian Library in Frankfurt, Germany

2011

Internship at the Southeast Asia Information Center (Editorial, proofreading) in Essen, Germany (now in Cologne)

2011-2013

Undergraduate research assistant in the Old German joint annotation project DDD Referenzkorpus Altdeutsch of the Humboldt University of Berlin, Goethe University of Frankfurt, and Schiller University of Jena

2010

Chaperone on 4th grade field trip of Ruamrudee International School Swiss Section to the Baan Kwai (Buffalo Village) in Suphanburi, Thailand;

Chaperone at the Deutschcamp in Khao Yai National Park, Thailand

2009-2010

Teaching assistant at Ruamrudee International School Swiss Section, 1st to 12th grade, in Bangkok, Thailand for German, French, Science, Mathematics, PE including swimming / Further activities: Proofreading, taking care of first graders, accounting, inventory, translation

2008-2009

Freelancer as a text writer at texte4you (now: webRichtUng GmbH);

Coach in the local swimming club TSV Lubwart in Bad Liebenwerda, Germany

2005-2007

Private tutor for French

2005

Internship at the advertising agency Rosenhahn (textile printing, film printing, billboard labeling) in Bad Liebenwerda, Germany;

Student internship at the local TV station Elster TV (technology, cut) in Elsterwerda, Germany;

Unpaid interpreter for French and Spanish on a guided tour in Bad Liebenwerda, Germany

2024

Presentation and workshop organization at the SLE conference in Helsinki (Finland)

Fieldwork in West Papua (Indonesia)

 Invited talk at the University of Leipzig (Germany)

2023-2025

Postdoctoral researcher at CNRS-Lattice in Paris (France)

2023

Invited talk at the Séminaire du Lattice in Montrouge (France)

Presentation at the FEMIDAL workshop in Fontainebleau (France)

 Invited talk at the University of Mainz (Germany)

2022

AHRC Project Meeting on “Enggano in the Austronesian family” in Oxford (England);

ECL examiner for German (A2 to C1) in Jakarta (Indonesia);

AHRC Project Meeting on “Enggano in the Austronesian family” in Uppsala (Sweden)

2020

Presentation at the Linguistics Seminar Series in Newcastle (Australia);

Wedding in Surabaya (Indonesia)

2019

Presentation at the 50th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society in Sydney (Australia);

Presentation at the 11th International Conference on Oceanic Linguistics in Nouméa (New Caledonia);

Poster presentation at the LSA Linguistic Institute in Davis (California, USA);

Presentation at the 11th Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics Conference in Leiden (Netherlands);

Presentation at the Australian Languages Workshop in Marysville (Australia)

2018-2019

Linguistic Fieldwork in Pine Creek (Australia);

Linguistic Fieldwork in Vanua Lava (Vanuatu)

2018

Presentation at the 49th Conference of the Australian Linguistics Society in Adelaide (Australia);

Presentation at the Vanuatu Languages Conference in Port Vila (Vanuatu);

Presentation at the HDR Symposium in Newcastle (Australia);

Presentation at the 7th East Nusantara Conference in Kupang (Indonesia)

2017-2020

PhD Candidature in Newcastle (Australia)

2016

Armenian language course at the American University of Armenia (Հայաստանի ամերիկյան համալսարան) in Yerevan (Armenia);

Invited talk at the Sociolinguistics Reading Group in Leiden (Netherlands)

2015

Presentation at the 5th International Symposium on the Languages of Java in Bandung (Indonesia)

2014-2015

Indonesian language course as part of the Darmasiswa scholarship at the Universitas Surabaya in Surabaya (Indonesia)

2014

Participation in the cultural program of Beasiswa Seni dan Budaya Indonesia at UPN Veteran in Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

2013

Representation of Germany at the International Speech Contest of the Malay Language in Putrajaya (Malaysia)

2009-2010

Teacher assistant at RIS Swiss School (โรงเรียนนานาชาติร่วมฤดีวิเทศศึกษา) in Bangkok (Thailand)

2007

Study trip to London (England) and Alloa (Scotland)

Individual backpacking trips through the following countries:

Albania

Andorra

Armenia

Australia

Austria

    Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brunei

Burma

Cambodia

Canada

China

Croatia

Czechia

Denmark

England

Finland

France

 Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Hong Kong

Hungary

Indonesia

Italy

Kosovo

Kuwait

Laos

Liechtenstein

Luxembourg

Macau

Malaysia

    Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Netherlands

New Caledonia

North Macedonia

Oman

Poland

Qatar

Scotland

Serbia

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

        Switzerland

Thailand

USA

Vanuatu

Vietnam

Wales