About Me
I am a sign language linguist working primarily on Kata Kolok, a sign language that emerged spontaneously in a village community in Bali. In my research, I am interested in the intersection of language acquisition, sociolinguistics and language and interaction with a focus on signed languages. I am curious about how languages emerge and adapt within their ecological niches and how language is shaped by and for social interaction.
I am temporarily filling the position of Professor for Sign Languages at Humboldt-University Berlin. In 2026, I am also a selected fellow in the 10th cohort of the Leadership Academy at GSO (Guidance, Skills, and Opportunities for Researchers). Before moving to Berlin, I was a Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Research Fellow with my project Language Ecology and Modality in Turn-Taking Acquisition (LETITIA) at Stockholm University. I also have been a postdoc in the ERC-funded SignMorph Project at University of Birmingham, headed by Adam Schembri and in the ERC-funded Emergence of Language in Social Interaction (ELISA) Project at Tilburg University, headed by Connie de Vos.
I obtained my Bachelor degree in "Sign Languages" from Hamburg University in 2014, my research Master degree in "Linguistics", specialised in Sign Language Linguistics, from University of Amsterdam in 2017, and my PhD from Radboud University Nijmegen in March 2022.
I am also a yoga teacher! Find some more information in the section Yoga!




