Susanne Fuchs

Susanne Fuchs is a Senior Researcher at the Leibniz Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, leading Research Area 1 'Laboratory Phonology'. She holds a PhD in Speech Science (2005) and has held various roles including Vice Director of ZAS (2019-2023) and ANR-DFG project leadership. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on biopsychosocial foundations of speech, integrating respiratory physiology, gesture-speech coordination, and embodiment theories.

• Current Projects: DFG-funded FLESH project (gesture-speech flexibility/stability), ANR-DFG VOC2SPEAK (speech development)
• Education: MA in Drama/Culture Studies (Humboldt U, 1998), MA in Speech Science (Humboldt U, 1996), PhD in Phonetics (Queen Margaret U, 2005)

Research explores respiratory rhythms in speech production, multimodal interaction effects, and cross-linguistic phonetic patterns. Notable findings include consonant lengthening universals and alveolar trill perception.

• Awards: Iméra-ILCB Research Fellowship (2024), DFG project leadership
• Key Themes: Embodied cognition, speech respiration dynamics, experimental semiotics