| 1988-1993 |
Institute of Linguistics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Research Fellow |
| 1990-1993 |
Moscow State University, Department of Finno-Ugric
Languages. Lecturer |
| 1993-1995 |
University of Budapest, Department of Finno-Ugric Languages. Lecturer |
| 1993-1995 |
Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest. Lecturer |
| 1993-1995 |
Central European University, Budapest. Lecturer |
| 1998-1999 |
Leiden University, Department of Comparative and Historical Linguistics. Visiting Scholar |
| 1995-1999 |
University of California, San Diego, Linguistics Department.
Teaching Assistant |
| 2000-2004 |
University of Konstanz, Linguistics Department.
Research fellow |
| 1985 |
M.A. diploma with honours, Moscow State University |
| 1993 |
Young Researcher's Award of the Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1993, 1995, 1998 |
Research grant, University of Vienna |
| 1995-1997 |
Graduate fellowship, University of California, San Diego |
| 2000 |
Award for Services to the People of Yakutia, from the Yakut Ministry of Education |
| 2003-2005 |
ELDP grant (with Tapani Salminen and Farrell Ackerman) |