Academic positions
2025–
Associate Professor of Phonetics
Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics, University of Oxford
2022–2025
Postdoctoral research scientist
Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
2021–2022
Two fixed-term part-time positions as lecturer
Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication, University of Amsterdam
2018–2022
PhD fellow
Leiden University Centre for Linguistics
2013–2017
Various teaching and research assistant positions
School of Culture and Society, Aarhus University
Education
2023
PhD in Linguistics
Leiden University
2018
MA in Linguistics
Aarhus University
2016
BA in Linguistics and China Studies
Aarhus University
Internationalization
2020
The Arctic University of Norway – Tromsø
Center for Advanced Studies in Linguistics
3 month research visit
2018
Aarhus University
Peter Skautrup Centre for Jutlandic Dialect Research
2 month research visit
2017–2018
KU Leuven
ResMA Advanced Studies in Linguistics
Full semester exchange
2016
Peking University
European–Chinese Language and Culture Programme
Full semester exchange
Research grants
2024
Carlsberg Foundation Reintegration Fellowship (CF24-1380), DKK 1,899,313 (approx. €250,000)
Category-shifting Change in Real Time (CatChaRT)
(annulled due to scheduling conflict)
Other grants and awards
2024 Journal of Phonetics 2023 Best Early Career Scholar’s Article of the Year, $250
2020 William Demant Fonden travel grant, €800 (annulled due to COVID-19 outbreak)
2020 Leids Universiteits Fonds travel grant, €1.600
2017 Aarhus University Arts travel grant, €550
2015 Aarhus University Arts travel grant, €800
2015 Aarhus University Linguistics Department travel grant, €200
Service roles
Kellogg College
2024– Governing Body member
Aarhus University
2017 Grade appeal board member
2013–2018 Freshers week organization and assistance
2014 Mentoring for new undergraduate students
Other roles
2021–2023 Board member of Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe
2014 Co-founder and editor of Skrifter om Samtalegrammatik
2013–2018 Wed editor of samtalegrammatik.dk
Conference and workshop organization
Lookiiiiiiiiiiing at stylised sustained prosody around Australia
Special session of Australian Linguistic Society 58 hosted at McGriffith University, 2–5 December, 2025
Co-organized with Kathleen Jepson and John Mansfield
Phonetics and Phonology in Denmark 4
University of Copenhagen, 7–8 October, 2024
Co-organized with Nicolai Pharao and Anna Jespersen
How segments influence prosody in the languages of the world
Special session of Speech Prosody hosted at Leiden University, 2–5 July, 2024
Co-organized with Menghui Shi
Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe 29
Digital meeting hosted at Leiden University, 26–28 January, 2021
Member of organizing committee
Nordic Interdisciplinary Conference on Discourse and Interaction 5
Aarhus University, 21–23 November, 2018
Student assistant
Bias in Auditory Perception
Aarhus University, 18–20 September, 2015
Student assistant
Reviewing
Funding applications
National Science Centre Poland, OPUS-26 scheme (2024)
Journal articles
Computational Intelligence and Neuroscience (2022)
Glossa (2021)
Journal of Linguistics (2025)
Journal of Phonetics (2025)
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (2024 x 2)
Laboratory Phonology (2023)
Languages (2024, 2025 x 2)
Nydanske Sprogstudier (2023)
Ord & Sag (2024)
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review (2024)
Book chapters
Brill (2024)
Oxford University Press (2025)
Springer (2023)
Proceedings articles
International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (2023)
Interspeech (2025)
Møderne om udforskningen af dansk sprog (2019, 2021)
Conference abstracts
Australian Linguistic Society (2025)
Conference of the Student Organization for Linguistics in Europe (2023)
International Conference on Tone and Intonation (2025)
Laboratory Phonology (2022)
Phonology in the Nordic Countries (2021)
Affiliated research networks
2022–2023 Empirical Foundations of Phonology (EmpiPhon)
2020–2022 Open Science Community, Leiden
2020–2021 Tromsø/Verona phonology circle
2017– Sounds of Language and Speech (Aarhus University)
2015 Danish-accented Chinese (Aarhus University)
2013–2018 Danish Talk-in-Interaction (DanTiN)
Languages
Danish: Native
English: Full professional proficiency
Dutch: Passive proficiency very high, active proficiency good
Coursework to B1 level in 2018–2019
German: Passive proficiency very high, active proficiency decent
3 years of elementary school courses in 2005–2008
Standard Chinese: Decent reading, basic passive and communicative proficiency
Coursework to B2 level in 2014–2016
Norwegian: Fluent reading and very high passive proficiency
Swedish: Near-fluent reading and decent passive proficiency
Icelandic: Basic reading skills
Followed intense summer school (2015)
French: Basic reading skills
Castilian Spanish: Very low proficiency
3 years of high school courses (2008–2011)
Arabic: Some passive knowledge but no proficiency
Followed evening school course (2014)
Coding and technical skills
R: High proficiency
Data processing, plotting, acoustic analysis, typesetting (with RMarkdown and Quarto), package preparation and maintenance, and statistical analysis (see below)
Praat: High proficiency
Acoustic analysis, scripting
LaTeX: Decent proficiency
Typesetting, figures, plotting
Git: Decent proficiency
Version control, collaborative projects
VBA: Basic proficiency
Data preprocessing
bash: Basic proficiency
Various types of task automatization
HTML: Basic proficiency
Python: Basic proficiency
Statistical expertise
Linear and logistic (mixed) models
Generalized additive (mixed) models
Functional (mixed) models
Growth curve analysis
(Functional) principal component analysis
Multiple correspondence analysis
Teaching
Full term courses
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich
2023
Phonetics and statistics
BA3 Phonetics and Speech Processing
Taught seminars, graded weekly exercises
Course coordinator: James Kirby
University of Amsterdam
2022
Introduction to linguistics
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (two groups), graded final presentations
Course coordinator: Enoch O. Aboh
2021
Phonetics
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (two groups) in a hybrid format, graded weekly exercises
Course coordinator: Marijn van ’t Veer
Nominated for the Faculty of Humanities Education Award 2022
2021
Phonology
BA2 Linguistics
Taught seminars in a hybrid format, graded exercises and final presentations
Course coordinator: Silke Hamann
Nominated for the Faculty of Humanities Education Award 2022
Leiden University
2022
Words, sentences, and sounds in interaction
BA3 English Language & Culture
Co-taught and co-coordinated with Janet Grijzenhout
2022
Analyzing English words and sounds
BA1 English Language & Culture
Taught seminars (two groups) and gave one lecture
Course coordinators: Bert Botma and Marion Elenbaas
2019–2021
The phonetics of English
BA1 English Language & Culture
2019: Taught seminars
2020: Taught seminars (three groups in person, one group online) and gave one online lecture
2021: Taught seminars in the first block
Course coordinator: Bert Botma
Aarhus University
2016
Understanding linguistics
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (two groups)
Course coordinator: William McGregor
2014
Structure, meaning, and use
BA2 Linguistics
Teaching assistant, gave feedback on assignments
Course coordinator: Jan Rijkhoff
2014
Danish and the languages of the World
BA1 Linguistics
Teaching assistant, gave feedback on assignments
Course coordinator: Line Krogager Andersen
2013
Phonetics and phonology
BA1 Linguistics
Taught seminars (three groups), graded assignments
Course coordinator: Marjoleine Sloos
Workshops
2024
Plotting acoustics data with the praatpicture R library and Shiny app
3-hour workshop
Phonetics and Phonology in Denmark 4, University of Copenhagen
2018
Skriftsprog vs talesprog
4-hour workshop
Holstebro Gymnasium
2017
Acoustics and Praat
3-hour workshop
Department of Linguistics, Aarhus University
2017
DanTiN: Danish Talk-in-Interaction
4-hour workshop
Herning Sprogfestival, Herning Gymnasium
Guest lectures
2021–2022
Advanced phonology 2
MA Linguistics, Leiden University
Course coordinator: Bert Botma
2020–2022
Data management
Centre for Linguistics graduate school, Leiden University
Course coordinators: Fieke Schoots and Kristina Hettne
Evaluation
2021 Two BA theses in BA English Language & Culture, Leiden University