Elena Anagnostopoulou is a Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the Department of Philology, University of Crete, where she has been a faculty member since 1998. Her academic career spans theoretical linguistics with a focus on syntax, morphology, and historical linguistics, particularly in the context of Greek language. Dr. Anagnostopoulou earned her PhD from the University of Salzburg in 1994, followed by postdoctoral research at the MIT Institute of Linguistics (1997-1998). She served as Assistant Professor (1998-2005), Associate Professor (2005-2009), and has been Professor of Linguistics at the University of Crete since 2009. She was a Visiting Professor at MIT in 2007 and received the prestigious Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2013. Her research focuses on theoretical and comparative syntax, formal linguistic typology, morphology and historical morphosyntax, with particular emphasis on the interface of syntax, morphology and lexicon. She has made significant contributions to understanding argument alternation, declension, agreement, person, gender, inflections, control and autopathic structures. Her work often centers on Greek language but extends to cross-linguistic comparisons. Anagnostopoulou's recent publications demonstrate her ongoing research in gender features, case theory, argument structure, and the historical development of Greek syntax. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with historical and comparative approaches, examining how linguistic features evolve across time and space. She has increasingly incorporated evolutionary biology methods into linguistic research. Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (2013) Elected member of Academia Europaea (since 2019) As scientific director of multiple research projects funded by the Hellenic Research Foundation, including 'Using tools from Evolutionary Biology to reveal relationships among languages' (2019-2023) and 'Modeling language genesis,' she has secured significant research funding. She co-directs the 'Open Generative Syntax' series and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of Greek Linguistics, Linguistic Inquiry and Syntax. Her work extends to educational applications, with research on learning disabilities, remedial intervention programs, and language acquisition in socioeconomically diverse populations in Greece.
