... 1983–1991 – Member of the Commission on Toxicology of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). Director of research, Department of Chemical and Biological Work Environment, National Institute of Occupational Health (STAMI) (Norway) Professor in environmental chemistry, Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences outside Oslo (Norway)

... documenting, Arctic languages, Slavic linguistics, discourse, the structure of the Russian spoken language, deixis and spatial relations in language. Awards and achievements: 2018 — Guggenheim Fellowship (USA). 2018 — Fulbright Arctic Chair Norway (USA). 2017 — Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Class IV – Arts and Humanities, Section 3. Literary Criticism. 2017 — Ken Hale Professorship (Linguistic Society of America). 2014 — John Matthews Manly Distinguished Service ...