Lisa Cheng - Curriculum Vitae#
Positions:
- 2000-present: Chair Professor of Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
- 1997-2000: Associate Professor (with tenure), Dept. of Linguistics, UC Irivne, U.S.A.
- 1991-1997: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Linguistics, UC Irvine, U.S.A.
Membership:
- 2013-present: Member, the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.
Other functions:
- 2005: Co-founder, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition
- 2005-2013: Board member, Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition
Education:
- 1987-1991: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A.
- 1982-1986: MA, BA in Linguistics, University of Toronto, Canada.
Current Projects:
- 2015-2020: PI, Ellipsis licensing beyond syntax (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research)
- 2014-2019: Scientific Coordinator, Advancing the European Multilingual Experience, large scale FP7 collaboration grant (European Commission)
- 2014-2019: PI, Understanding Questions (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research)
Commission of Trust (last 5 years)
- 2015, Panel Chair, ERC, Panel SH4 (Impact evaluation)
- 2014, Member, VIDI committee, Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research
- 2011, 2014, Panel Chair, ERC, Panel SH4, Consolidator grant
