I am a Professor of Theoretical Philosophy at Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. My main research interests are in philosophy of language and epistemology. I lead a great team of fantastic researchers.

I am a Principal Investigator of two DFG funded projects.

• In a Roundabout Way – Theory and Practice of Indirect Communication
• Open Texture As a Source of Semantic Creativity, which is part of the DFG funded CRC Linguistic Creativity in Communication

Additionally, I am a Fellow of the Centre for Advanced Studies in the Humanities Human Abilities and a member of the InFraMinds Project on the Insincerity for Fragmented Minds. I previously co-coordinated the the DFG research network The Semantics and Metasemantics of Context-Sensitive Language.

In the fall and spring of 2024/2025, I was a Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley on a Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship. I have also spent some time at various research institutions across Europe, including LOGOS in Barcelona, Arché in St Andrews, NIP in Aberdeen, the Institut Jean Nicod in Paris, and Universität Wien.

I am a founding member of the Philosophy of Language Association, as well as an area editor at Ergo and a member of the editorial board of Semantics and Pragmatics.

Before joining Düsseldorf in October 2023. I held positions as an Assistant Professor (Juniorprofessorin) at Bielefeld University, a substitute professor (Vertretungsprofessorin) at University of Cologne, a lecturer at Freie Universität Berlin, a postdoctoral researcher at University of Hamburg, and a doctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin.

I have hosted multiple Humboldt Fellows. If you are interested in applying, feel free to reach out.