Silke Fischer

Silke Fischer is a Senior Lecturer (Akademische Oberrätin) at the University of Stuttgart, Department of English Linguistics. She has held academic positions since 2002 and is currently employed part-time. Her research focuses on syntactic theory, control theory, Germanic languages, and distributed morphology.

• Doctoral thesis on Optimal Reflexivization (summa cum laude, University of Tübingen, 2004)
• Co-organizer of the Control Workshop 2016 at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Principal Investigator for DFG-funded projects on control theory and derived nominals

Her recent publications and presentations emphasize implicit control, event control, and scope-based syntactic approaches. She teaches advanced courses in syntax, syntactic theory, and language variation at the University of Stuttgart.

Scientific Awards:

• Summa Cum Laude Doctoral Dissertation (University of Tübingen, 2004)
• DFG Grant FI 1959/2-1: New Paths in Control Theory (2014–2017)

Advising: Supervised PhD student Patrick Lindert and mentored postdoc Marcel Pitteroff. Her work extends to editorial roles and reviewing for journals like Natural Language & Linguistic Theory.