Curriculum Vitae

General

1978: Born in Smilde, the Netherlands

Education

1990-1996: Gymnasium, CSG Vincent van Gogh, Assen.

1996-1997: Propaedeutic, Indo-Iranian Languages and Culture, Leiden University.

1997-2001: MA (with distinction), Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University. MA thesis: ‘The Etymology of the Hittite Words Beginning with K’.

2001-2002: Advanced Master’s Program (with distinction), Research School CNWS, School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies, Leiden. Final paper: ‘The verb kaness-^mi ‘to know’ and other Hittite s-presents’.

2002-2007: Ph.D. (with distinction), Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University. Dissertation: ‘The Hittite Inherited Lexicon’ [link]. Supervisor: Prof.dr. J.J.S. Weitenberg.

Employments

2002-2007: Doctoral researcher at the department of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University (full-time).

2005-2008: Organizer of the Leiden Summer Schools at the Faculty of Arts (part-time).

2007-2008: Teacher/researcher within the department of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University (part-time).

2008-pres.: Post-doctoral researcher at the department of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics, Leiden University (full-time).

Academic positions

2002-pres.: Contributor to the Indo-European Etymological Dictionary project (Leiden University) [link], responsible for the Anatolian languages.

2007-pres.: Advisor on Hittite etymology for the Hethitisches Wörterbuch-project (University of Munich) [link].

Teaching Activities

2002-pres.: Responsible for teaching the (historical phonology of the) Anatolian languages within the curriculum of the Department of IE Linguistics and the Department of Languages and Cultures of Mesopotamia and Anatolia at Leiden University.

2003-pres.: Responsible for part of the courses of the LAPP-Top program (Leiden Advanced Pre-university Program for Top students) of Indo-European Linguistics.

2006-2007: Teacher of ‘Historical Grammar of Greek’.

Aug. 2007: Teacher of ‘Introduction to Hittite’ at the Leiden Summer Schools at the Faculty of Arts.

Aug. 2008: Teacher of ‘The Hittite Verbal System in the Light of its Indo-European Origin’ at the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics.

June 2009: Teacher of ‘Methodology of Historical Linguistics’ at the LOT Summer School 2009 at Leiden University.

July 2009: Teacher of the Blockseminar ‘Anatolian Historical Grammar’ at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster.

July 2009: Teacher of the Blockseminar ‘Hittite Historical Grammar’ at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München.

Administrative functions

1998-2000: Student-member of the board of the Department of Comparative Linguistics at Leiden University.

2000-2001: Board member ‘External Communications’ of students club ‘Catena’ in Leiden.

2001-2002: Co-founder and member of the board of student’s club T.W.I.S.T. (for students of Comparative and General Linguistics).

2003-2005: Member of the department’s committee of the Department of Comparative Indo-European Linguistics at Leiden University.

2005-2007: Organizer of the Leiden Summer School in Languages and Linguistics.

2009-pres.: Member of the LUCL Selection Committee.

Awards and Grants

1997: Caland Encouragement Award for Most Excellent Propaedeutic Student of Indology.

2001: Full Grant from CNWS to partake in its Advanced Master’s Program.

2008: VENI Research grant from NWO for carrying out the project ‘Stressing the Facts: Accentuation in Hittite’.