Learn more about the current and former faculty and staff members of our institute.

Faculty and staff members

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Paula Fenger

Junior Professor

Grammatical Systems of Non-European languages (JP)
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1513
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37606

Office hours
by appointment via e-mail

Prof. Dr. Fabian Heck

Wiss. Mitarbeiter (Außerplanmäßiger Professor)

General Linguistics
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1505
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37644

Office hours
by appointment via e-mail

Prof. Ph.D. Gregory Kobele

Professor

Computational and Experimental Approaches to Grammar
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1511
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37612

Office hours
monday, 1.00-2.00pm
and by appointment via e-mail

Prof. Dr. Gereon Müller

Professor

General Linguistics
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1512
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37611

Office hours
by appointment via e-mail

Prof. Dr. Barbara Stiebels

Professor

General Linguistics (Specialisation: Linguistic Typology)
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1510
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37604

Office hours
see website

Prof. Dr. Jochen Trommer

Professor

Phonology with a Focus on Morphology/Phonology Interfaces
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1507
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37633

Office hours
by appointment via email

Sabine Tatzelt

Front office

Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1514
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37610
Fax: +49 341 97 - 37609

Office hours
Tuesday and Thursday:
10.00–11.30am
2.30–3.30pm
and by appointment
+++ not available from january 8–12, 2026 +++

Researchers in projects with third-party funding

Dr. Yuriy Kushnir

Research Fellow

General Linguistics
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1501
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37645

Katie Mc Cann

Research Fellow

General Linguistics (Specialisation: Linguistic Typology)
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1508
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37626

Vera Rusyanova

Research Fellow

Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1506
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37605

Razieh Shojaei

Research Fellow

Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1506
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37605

Dr. Sören Eggert Tebay

Research Fellow

Phonology with a Focus on Morphology/Phonology Interfaces
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1503
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37643

Thom van Hugte

Research Fellow

Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1503
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37637

Dr. Philipp Weisser

Research Fellow

General Linguistics
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1509
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37646

Dr. Eva Zimmermann

Research Fellow

Institute of Linguistics
Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1504
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37608

Doctoral Students

 Furkan Atmaca

Furkan Atmaca

Doctoral student

Leipzig University
Institute of Linguistics

D-04081 Leipzig

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Leonie Barabas-Weil

Doctoral student

Leipzig University
Institute of Linguistics

D-04081 Leipzig

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Jelena Grofulović

Doctoral student

Leipzig University
Institute of Linguistics

D-04081 Leipzig

 Katie Mc Cann

Katie Mc Cann

Doctoral student

General Linguistics (Specialisation: Linguistic Typology)
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1508
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37626

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Vera Rusyanova

Doctoral student

Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1506
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37605

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Razieh Shojaei

Doctoral student

Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1506
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37605

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Galina Sim

Doctoral student

Leipzig University
Institute of Linguistics

D-04081 Leipzig

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Yu Tomita

Doctoral student

Leipzig University
Institute of Linguistics

D-04081 Leipzig

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Thom van Hugte

Doctoral student

Institute of Linguistics
Beethovenstraße 15, Room 1503
04107 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 37637

Emeriti and former faculty members and researchers

Prof. Dr. Thomas Pechmann

Professor emeritus

Institut für Linguistik
IPF 143501
04081 Leipzig

Prof. Dr. Anita Steube

ꝉ 2021

Institut für Linguistik

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