the Education 1990-1994 PhD General Linguistics, cum laude VU University Amsterdam Dissertation title: Kambera: a language of Eastern Indonesia Supervisors: Prof Geert Booij and Prof Wim Stokhof 1985-1990 MA General Linguistics, cum laude VU University Amsterdam Thesis title: Fonologie van het Kamberaas Propedeuse: Linguistics and Literature,Universiteit Tilburg(1985) Academic Positions 2021-Present Dean of the Graduate School of Humanities, Universiteit Leiden 2014-Present Full Professor Austronesian and Papuan Linguistics, Universiteit Leiden 2015-2019 PI of NWO-VICI project 2013-2014 Senior Lecturer, Universiteit Leiden 2013-2014 Coordinator of the CLARIN project Language Archive of Insular South East Asia and West New Guinea (LAISEANG) 2009-2013 PI of EuroBABEL (European Science Foundation) collaborative research project Alor-Pantar languages: Origins and theoretical impact 2007-2013 Lecturer, Universiteit Leiden 2002-2007 PI of NWO-VIDI project Linguistic Variation in Eastern Indonesia: The Alor and Pantar project, Universiteit Leiden 1999-2002 Senior Research Fellow in the Eastern Indonesia group & Research Coordinator of the Spinoza research project Lexicon and Syntax headed by Prof. P.C. Muysken, Universiteit Leiden 1996-2000 Research Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), VU University Amsterdam Topic: Grammaticalization in languages of Eastern Indonesia 1994-1995 Lecturer in General and Applied Linguistics, Windesheim Univ of Applied Sciences, Zwolle
Honours and Felowships 2021 Research Fellowship DFG Center "Words, Bones, Genes, Tools", Universität Tübingen, March 2021. 2019 Elected Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam 2015 Research Fellow, Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Amsterdam. 1996-2000 Research Fellow, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Board and Commission memberships 2024-2029: External Assessor (EA) for academic staff promotion at the Department of Language, Academy of Malay Studies, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 2023-2024: Chair, NWO Selection panels for the Open Competition SSH L-size grants (domains ‘Recht & Bestuur’ and ‘Filosofie & Religie’) 2022-2023 Mitglied, Berufungskommission W2-Professur Sprachen und Kulturen Südostasiens, Humboldt U, Berlin 2023: Member of the KNAW Adviescommissie ‘De toekomst van de frisistiek’ [The future of Frisian Studies], Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2020-present Member, Council for Humanities, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 2019: Member, NWO-selection committee for PhDs in the Humanities 2018: Chair, NWO-selection committee for PhDs in the Humanities 2016: Board member, Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics (LOT). 2015-present: Member, Steering Committee of the Conference on Austronesian and Papuan Languages and Linguistics (APLL) 2009-2015: Chair, Steering Committee of the International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics (ICAL) 1996-1999: Board member, Society of Fellows of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Editorial board memberships Member of the Editorial Board of Glossa-Contact, www.glossacontact.org Member of the Editorial Board of the Comprehensive Grammar Library, Language Science Press, https://langsci-press.org/catalog/series/cogl Member of the Editorial Board of Studies on Austronesian Languages (SAL), http://pacling.anu.edu.au/ Member of the Board of Reviewers for NUSA, a journal of the Centre for Culture and Language Studies, Atma Jaya University, Jakarta, Indonesia & Institute for Languages & Cultures of Asia and Africa, Tokyo University, Japan Member of the Editorial board of Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia