Curriculum Vitae
Personal data
Date of birth: Jan. 14, 1948
Place of birth: Malderen, Belgium
Citizenship: Belgian
Resident of: Germany (since 1977)
Language knowledge: Dutch, French, English, German
Educational data
Classical gymnasium, 1966
University Degrees
BA Oriental philology (Far East), 1970, cum laude, Leuven
MA Germanic philology (German, English, Dutch), 1970, magna cum laude, Leuven
Master of Business Administration (MBA), 1976, Boston University, High Honors
Dr. Phil., 1977, summa cum laude, Leuven
Habilitation neurolinguistics, 1992, Medical Faculty, RWTH, Aachen
Aggregation higher education linguistics, 1994, Phil. Faculty, Leuven
Fellowships
Frank Boas/Harvard for Graduate studies (linguistics), 1970-1972, Harvard University.
Lise Meitner for Habilitation (medical faculty), 1992, RWTH Aachen
Professional affiliation
1972-1978
Leuven University, Belgium, Phil. Faculty
1978-1994
RWTH Aachen, Germany, Medical Faculty
1994-present
Potsdam University, Germany, Phil. Faculty II
1994-1996
Managing Director Institute of Linguistics
Senate Deputy International Relations
1996
Guest Professor Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Guest Professor University of Vienna, Austria
1994-present
Chair Cognitive Neurolinguistics
Director of the Center of applied Patholinguistics Potsdam (ZaPP) >
Member of the Graduate College (DFG) „Economy and Complexity of Language“
Senate Committee „public transportation“
2000-present
Organiser of the International Conference Series The Science of Aphasia >
2003-present
Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences >
Senator of the University of Potsdam >
2004-present
Coordinator of the EMCL-Erasmus Mundus programme >
Grants (last 5 years)
2002-2005
BMBF Joint German-Israeli Research Programme. "A cross-linguistic study of syntactic disorders in aphasia: From theory to therapy”.
2003-2006
Coordinator of ESF-Network #115 "Multilingual Multidisciplinary Studies on Brain and Language".
2006-2008
DFG-Project: „Die neuronale Repräsentation und Verarbeitung der verbalen und nominalen Syntaxdomäne in agrammatischer und normaler Sprache“
2006-2012
Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft
2004-2009
EU-Programme Erasmus Mundus European Masters Clinical Linguistics (EMCL)
2007-2009
MWFK-Brandenburg: „International Ph.D.-programme Experimental Clinical Linguistics“
Elected member of professional organisations
Academy of Aphasia
International Neuropsychology Symposium (INS)
World Federation of Neurology: Research Group on Aphasia and Cognitive Disorders
Task Force of the European Language Council: European Masters Clinical Linguistics
Member of the Scientific Council of the German Neuropsychology Association
Editor
Journal of Neurolinguistics
Member of editorial boards
Linguistische Berichte
Neurolinguistik
Cortex
Journal Referee
Neuropsychologia
Cortex
Cognitive Neuropsychology
Language and Cognitive Processes
Neurocase
Journal of Neurolinguistics
Linguistische Berichte
Neurolinguistik
Grant Referee
Canadian Medical Research Council
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
European Union, 5th framework
Quality of Life: Neurosciences: Jan., Feb. 2000
Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes: Auswahlkommission, Juli 2000
Conference Organisation
Euresco Conference Series: The Science of Aphasia, 2000-2005;
ESF Conference Series: The Science of Aphasia, 2005-present
