| EDUCATION | |
| 2003 | Ph.D., Hittitology, University of Amsterdam. Degree awarded cum laude (with honors). Dissertation: Reference, Deixis and Focus in Hittite. The demonstratives ka- “this”, apa- “that” and asi “yon” |
| 1994 | Doctoraal (M.A. degree), Semitic Languages & Cultures, University of Amsterdam. Degree awarded cum laude. Thesis: Werken met Woorden in Karatepe (Working with words in Karatepe) |
| 1993 | Doctoraal (M.A. degree), Anatolian Languages & Cultures, University of Amsterdam. Degree awarded cum laude. Thesis: De instructie voor de commandant van het grensdistrict. Een nieuwe bewerking van CTH 261.3. (The Instruction for the Commander of a Border district. A new edition of CTH 261.3) |
| 1989 | Propedeuse Semitic Languages & Cultures, University of Amsterdam. Degree awarded cum laude |
| 1987 | Propedeuse Physics and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam. Degree awarded cum laude |
| ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT | |
| 2014 – present | Associate Professor of Hittitology, the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, NELC, and the College, University of Chicago |
| 2006 – present | Senior Editor of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary of the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, University of Chicago |
| 2006 – 2014 | Assistant Professor of Hittitology, the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, NELC, and the College, University of Chicago |
| 2003 – 2006 | Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anatolian languages and Cultures (part-time, fixed term), Leiden University |
| 1997, 2001 | Student-Lecturer Biblical Hebrew, University of Amsterdam |
| PROFESSIONAL SERVICE | |
| 2020 – present | Member of the board of editors of the Journal of Cuneiform Studies (of the American Schools of Overseas Research) |
| 2018 – present | Section chair Ancient Near East, American Oriental Society, member of the Board of Directors |
| 2012 – present | Member of the board of editors of SANER = Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records, Walter de Gruyter (general editor, Gonzalo Rubio). |
| 2012 – present | Member of the board of editors of Indo-European Linguistics (editors Joseph Eska and Ronald Kim). |
