Full Professor at the Université de Lorraine (Nancy)
UFR Arts, Lettres et Langues 
Département Langues et Cultures Etrangères

Research Laboratory: ATILF- Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française (UMR 7118) - CNRS & Université de Lorraine

2009-2010: Research Fellwoship of the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation

Member of the International Scientific Council (= Internationaler Wissenschaftlicher Rat) at the Leibniz-Institute of German Language (IDS) Mannheim, Germany

Member of the Managing Board of Conseil National des Universités (the national body which validates sabbaticals and applications for lectureships and professorships) in German und Scandinavian Studies

Alliance 4EU+: Coordinator of the 4EU+ project European Network of German and Contrastive Linguistics (GerCoLiNet),  http://www.gercolinet.eu