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Born in Böel / Schleswig-Holstein in 1962

Studied English, Romance Studies and General Linguistics at the Christian-Albrechts University of Kiel, 1st state examination 1991, doctorate 1995 (faculty prize 1996), habilitation 2001

Stays abroad: 1985/86 La Baule, France (foreign language assistant), 1988/89 Sunderland, England (studies at Sunderland Polytechnics)

1991-2003: Research assistant, associate  and Akademischer Rat at the chair of Prof. Dr. Henning Wode

2003-2004: Substitute for a professorship for “English subject didactics” at the University of Vechta

Since October 1, 2004: Professor for “English Didactics and Linguistics” at the University of Cologne