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Amalia ArvanitiView profile

Professor

• Phonetics
• Laboratory Phonology
• Prosody
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Amalia Arvaniti is a Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures and the Centre for Language Studies at Radboud University, Netherlands. She specializes in English Language and Linguistics with a strong focus on phonetics and laboratory phonology. Her research interests lie at the intersection of phonetics, phonology, and pragmatics, particularly in prosody, intonation, rhythm, sociophonetics, bilingualism, and language variation . She investigates these phenomena in both English and Greek, with a current emphasis on developing an integrated model of intonational form and function. The recent publications highlight a consistent focus on intonation and prosodic structure, drawing on experimental, phonetic, and pragmatic methodologies. Her work spans theoretical phonology and empirical phonetics, often using laboratory-based approaches to examine cross-linguistic patterns and speaker variability. ERC Advanced Grant (ERC-ADG-835263) for SPRINT project (2019-2025) Leverhulme Major Fellowship (UK, 2019-2020) Mohrmann Grant (Radboud University, 2020-2022) She leads the SPRINT project as Principal Investigator, which funds four post-doctoral researchers and supports training, dissemination, and international collaboration with scholars like Chris Cummins and Yiya Chen. Her teaching includes core courses in phonology, British English phonetics, and language variation at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She supervises Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Research Master’s theses, indicating active student mentorship. The research is conducted within the Speech Production and Comprehension Group, which employs behavioral and neurophysiological methods to study speech.

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Formal Semantics
• Formal Pragmatics
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Sophia A. Malamud is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Brandeis University, where she directs the Meaning In Language Research Group (MILa) and is affiliated with the Language & Linguistics Program. Her research specializes in theoretical linguistics with a focus on formal semantics, formal pragmatics, discourse-syntax interactions, and semantics-pragmatics interface. Her educational background includes a Ph.D. in Linguistics with a dissertation on Semantics and pragmatics of arbitrariness and an M.A. in Mathematics exploring statistical decision theory in Entropy as relevance: maximizing entropy and minimizing loss . Malamud's research investigates discourse coherence, word order variations, indexicality, semantics of impersonals/plurals, speech acts, and utterance modifiers. She leads NSF-funded projects creating annotated corpora of spoken Russian (including the BiRCh Corpus), examining bilingual acquisition and heritage language phenomena. Her work employs corpus linguistics, experimental methods, and formal modeling. Her publications demonstrate consistent focus on pragmatic computation models, conversational dynamics, and cross-linguistic semantics, with frequent examination of Russian, Mandarin, and Greek data. Key themes include commitment avoidance strategies, conversational scoreboard modeling, and formal analyses of particles/pronouns. Awards include: NSF Grant BCS-1651083 for BiRCh Corpus development Mandel Foundation Faculty Grant for heritage language research Theodore and Jane Norman Award (2018) Multiple Brandeis Provost Research Grants Malamud has advised 8+ graduate/undergraduate theses on topics including heritage Russian pragmatics, utterance particles, reduplication, and distributivity. She collaborates internationally on corpus projects and directs research teams at Brandeis' Laboratory for Linguistics and Computation.

Christina TzengView profile

Assistant Professor

• Cognition
• Cognitive Science
• Spoken Language Perception
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Christina Tzeng serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology within San Jose State University's College of Social Sciences. Her research investigates the cognitive mechanisms enabling human comprehension of spoken language despite inherent variability from social factors including age, gender, and regional origin. She examines how listeners rapidly decode speech signals while simultaneously processing speaker identity and contextual information. Her primary research focuses on cognition, cognitive science, and spoken language perception, with emphasis on how social diversity in speech inputs shapes perceptual organization and auditory expectations. Key investigations include perceptual learning of non-native accents, lexically guided recalibration, integration of linguistic/non-linguistic speech properties, and sound symbolism. Her work demonstrates that speech variability—often perceived as noise—actually facilitates memory organization and predictive processing in human cognition. Dr. Tzeng's publication record (2010-2024) reveals consistent exploration of perceptual adaptation mechanisms, with recent work emphasizing attentional modulation in accent processing (2024), cumulative statistical learning in speech perception (2021-2023), and cross-modal correspondences in prosody (2016-2018). Her research trajectory shows increasing sophistication in modeling how social context interfaces with core speech processing systems. Scientific Awards: No awards documented in source material Advising and Grants: Source text provides no details regarding graduate student mentorship or research funding. Her background notes undergraduate research experience in human communication and memory labs, suggesting potential mentorship focus areas. Dr. Tzeng directs the Cognition of Language Processing (CLAP) Lab, which employs experimental methodologies to investigate spoken language perception. The lab's research framework positions speech diversity not as interference but as fundamental to human perceptual systems, with implications for understanding communication in multicultural contexts and developing more robust speech recognition technologies.

• Linguistics
• Phonetics and Speech Science
• Sociolinguistics
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Tanya Flores is an Associate Professor at the University of Utah in the Department of World Languages and Cultures. She has held this position since 2022 and was promoted from Assistant Professor (2014-2022). She also served as Associate Chair of her department from 2021 to 2024. Her research spans linguistics, phonetics, sociolinguistics, and bilingualism, with a focus on Hispanic communities, hard-of-hearing children, and language contact situations. PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from Indiana University (2014) MA in Spanish and Portuguese from Indiana University (2009) MA in Spanish Literature from University of Oregon (2003) Her research explores phonetic variation in Spanish-speaking populations, including studies on Chilean radio speech, Japanese-Spanish bilinguals, and hard-of-hearing children. Key methodologies include acoustic analysis, speech accommodation studies, and longitudinal language development tracking. Her recent publications examine grammatical variation in Chilean Spanish and Peruvian speech patterns, while older works investigate code-switching and morphological adaptation in immigrant communities. Notable scientific awards include the Utah Presidential Leadership Fellow (2022-2023), University Research Committee Faculty Fellow Award (2018), and federal Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need Fellowship (2013). She has secured grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the COH International Travel Program for bilingualism research in Spain. Teaching activities include courses on Spanish phonetics , special topics in linguistics, and honors thesis supervision. Her grants and publications emphasize community-based research involving Latinx families of deaf/hard-of-hearing children and international collaborations studying language contact phenomena.

• semantics
• pragmatics
• language acquisition
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Ayaka Sugawara serves as Associate Professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Science and Engineering, School of Creative Science and Engineering, with concurrent affiliation at the Global Education Center and Waseda Research Institute for Science and Engineering (2024-2026). Her academic journey includes positions at Mie University (2015-2019) and multiple research appointments. BA (2008) and MA (2010) from The University of Tokyo PhD in Linguistics (2016) from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dr. Sugawara's research spans formal semantics, pragmatics, and language acquisition with specific focus on quantifier scope interpretation , focus particles , Japanese dialectology , and second language processing . Her experimental work combines cross-linguistic comparison (Japanese/English/German/Persian), neuroimaging techniques (MEG/EEG), and computational approaches to vocabulary assessment. Current investigations examine early English education's impact on first language acquisition and non-literal language processing. Her publication trends reveal consistent interdisciplinary work bridging theoretical linguistics with educational applications, particularly in automated language assessment tools and experimental validation of semantic theories across developmental stages. Recent work demonstrates increasing collaboration with computational linguists and educational technologists. Dr. Sugawara actively contributes to the academic community through: Standing Committee membership in The Linguistics Society of Japan (2021-present) Professional affiliations with Linguistic Society of America and The Japanese Society for Language Studies Her research projects include multiple Japan Society for the Promotion of Science grants examining: Early English education effects on L1 acquisition (2021-2024) Question-under-Discussion mechanisms in ambiguous sentences (2019-2021) Cross-linguistic 'only' comprehension studies (2016-2018) Current internal projects investigate non-literal language processing and pragmatics in L1/L2 acquisition contexts.

Adam J. ChongView profile

Associate Professor

• Phonology
• Phonetics
• Speech Perception
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Adam J. Chong is a Reader in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London and Director of the QMUL Phonetics Lab. As of September 2025, he will join the University of Oxford as an Associate Professor in Phonology and Language Processing. His research focuses on phonetic and phonological acquisition, intonation patterns in Singapore English, and prosodic cues in language processing. He holds a PhD from UCLA and has extensive experience in experimental and theoretical linguistics. Education: PhD in Linguistics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Research interests include theoretical/experimental phonology, speech perception, and the phonology-morphology interface. His work often examines how listeners process phonological variation and the role of prosody in language acquisition. A key focus is Singapore English intonation, exploring its sociolinguistic and acoustic characteristics. His publications analyze phonetic variation in child-directed speech, glottalization in Multicultural London English, and intonational patterns across dialects. He has contributed to understanding the cognitive mechanisms behind phonological learning in infants and the structural preferences in languages like Dinka. Awards: None explicitly listed in the provided text. Advising and grants: Currently not accepting PhD students for 2025-2026. Active in grant-funded projects, including those related to phonetics and language acquisition. Labs: Leads the QMUL Phonetics Lab and collaborates with the QMUL Language Acquisition Lab to explore experimental methods in linguistic research.

Marieke EinfeldtView profile

Researcher

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Bilingualism
• +5 more

Dr. Marieke Einfeldt is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz's Department of Linguistics, focusing on the phonology-phonetics interface. Her work investigates topics such as trilingual first language acquisition (Standard German, Swiss German, and Italian), prosodic features of rhetorical questions, and bilingual language development. She is affiliated with Prof. Dr. Nicole Dehé's research group and previously contributed to Project 6 of the Questions at the Interfaces research unit, examining prosody in rhetorical questions. Her research spans phonological development in multilingual children, the interplay of discourse markers and prosody, and methodological advancements in psycholinguistic experiments using Active Learning systems. She holds a dissertation on trilingual consonant inventory acquisition, supervised by Prof. Dr. Tanja Kupisch, Dr. Mechtild Tronnier, and Prof. Dr. Bettina Braun. Key research interests include bilingualism, prosody, language acquisition, and sociolinguistics. Her studies address topics like tonal transfer effects in L2 learning, geminate production in heritage speakers, and cross-linguistic comparisons of speech styles. She is based in Office G223 at the University of Konstanz.

Elaine SchmidtView profile

Research Fellow

• Language acquisition
• Language processing
• Psycholinguistics
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Dr. Elaine Schmidt serves as a Research Fellow in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics at the University of Cambridge. She concurrently holds positions as Associate Investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders and Honorary Associate at Macquarie University, Sydney, conducting research through the Cambridge Processing and Acquisition of Language Lab (CamLAB). Her doctoral training was completed at the University of Cambridge under Dr. Brechtje Post, focusing on bilingual acquisition of prosody. This foundation led to postdoctoral work at Macquarie University's Child Language Lab with Distinguished Professor Katherine Demuth. Dr. Schmidt's research spans language acquisition, processing, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, phonetics/phonology, prosody, and speech perception. She investigates how prosodic cues operate in monolingual and bilingual contexts using EEG, eye-tracking, and behavioral methodologies, with particular emphasis on intonation's role in syntactic disambiguation and speech rhythm development. Her publication record reveals consistent focus on prosodic processing across populations, demonstrating how linguistic experience shapes perception of intonational contours and how subvocal prosody aids syntactic parsing. Key methodological approaches include multimodal measurement techniques applied to cross-linguistic comparisons between English varieties and bilingual acquisition contexts. No major scientific awards were documented in available sources. She has led multiple research projects including EEG/eye-tracking studies on subvocal prosody in sentence processing and syntactic disambiguation in children, plus investigations into categorical/gradient intonation processing and L2 acquisition of Australian English intonation. Collaborations span Macquarie University's Cognitive Science and Psychology departments. No student advising roles were specified. Dr. Schmidt maintains active affiliations with Cambridge's CamLAB and Macquarie University's Child Language Lab, supported by ARC Centre of Excellence funding for cognition and disorders research.

Ana Belén Llopis CardonaView profile

Associate Professor

• Discourse Markers
• Pragmatics
• Discourse Analysis
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Ana Belén Llopis Cardona is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish Philology at the Faculty of Philology, Translation and Communication, University of Valencia. She is a member of the Val.Es.Co. research group, dedicated to the study of colloquial Spanish. Her academic work centers on discourse analysis, pragmatics, and the functional roles of discourse markers in spoken and written Spanish. PhD in Spanish Linguistics, University of Valencia, 2011 Supervised by Dr. Salvador Pons Bordería and Dr. Antonio Briz Gómez Her research explores the evolution and usage of discourse markers such as "eso sí," "por su parte," "en definitiva," and "igual/lo mismo," analyzing their semantic-pragmatic cycles, grammaticalization processes, and sociolinguistic functions. She investigates how colloquial language functions as a rhetorical strategy in media genres like radio commentary. Her methodological approach integrates corpus analysis, construction grammar, and functional linguistics. Her recent publications span topics including evidentiality (e.g., "según"), politeness in dialogic literary gatherings, and prosodic variation in discourse particles. The body of her work reveals a consistent focus on the dynamic interplay between form, function, and context in Spanish discourse. Discourse Markers Pragmatics Grammaticalization Spanish Linguistics Evidentiality Colloquial Register Ana Belén Llopis Cardona actively contributes to academic discourse through publications in international journals and participation in research collaborations. While specific grant details are not listed, her sustained scholarly output indicates ongoing research activity and academic engagement.

Pauline Larrouy-MaestriView profile

Researcher

• Auditory Processing
• Music Perception
• Speech Prosody
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Pauline Larrouy-Maestri is a Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, where she has been working since 2019 after serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Neuroscience Department from 2014-2019. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on how humans categorize acoustic information that unfolds over time to make sense of sounds, working at the intersection of music, speech, and neuroscience. Dr. Larrouy-Maestri holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Liège (2009-2013) and has an unusually diverse educational background including a Bachelor in Music (Piano) from the Royal Conservatory of Mons, a Master in Speech Therapy from the University of Brussels, additional studies in Psychology, Pedagogy, and Music Therapy, and research stays at McGill University and SUNY Buffalo. This multidisciplinary foundation informs her unique approach to studying sound perception. Her research examines how we process ambiguous auditory material that sits at the boundaries between music and speech categories, such as sprechgesang and West-African talking drums. She investigates auditory sequence processing in music, particularly how continuous streams of sound are parsed into meaningful units, and has made significant contributions to understanding the perception of correctness in singing. Her work on vocal communication explores how pitch, timing, and other acoustic features contribute to our interpretation of emotional content and meaning in both music and speech. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a sophisticated integration of behavioral, electrophysiological, and computational approaches to study music-speech interactions, with growing emphasis on cross-cultural perspectives, individual differences, and neural mechanisms. Her work increasingly examines how subtle acoustic variations influence aesthetic judgments and emotional responses to vocalizations. 2023: €20,000 research scholarship for "Humanity of Speech" project 2017: Selected for "Sign Up! Careerbuilding for outstanding female post docs in the MPG" 2016: Young Investigator Award from SEMPRE and ICMPC14 2015: PBEEE Merit scholarship from Fonds de recherche du Québec 2013: Patrimoine de l'Université de Liège and FNRS fundings 2011: Grant from French Community of Belgium Dr. Larrouy-Maestri currently supervises multiple researchers including Camila Bruder, Madita Hoerster, and Zofia Hobubowska. Her research is supported by competitive grants including the recent Imminent scholarship and previous funding from Belgian and Canadian sources. She maintains extensive international collaborations with researchers including David Poeppel, Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann, Marc Pell, and others across neuroscience, psychology, and musicology disciplines. Her work is conducted within the Neuroscience Department at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics, where she contributes to the institute's interdisciplinary mission of studying aesthetic experiences through multiple methodological approaches. She participates in research groups focusing on auditory perception, music cognition, and the neural mechanisms underlying language and music processing, helping bridge traditionally separate fields through innovative experimental designs.

Melissa RedfordView profile

Professor

• Suprasegmental sound patterns
• Speech planning and production
• Child language acquisition
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Melissa Redford is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon's College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on suprasegmental sound patterns, speech planning and production, and child language acquisition. She leads the Spoken Language Research Laboratories (SLRL) at the University of Oregon, where she investigates the developmental aspects of speech motor control and prosodic structure. University: University of Oregon School: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Department of Linguistics Email: redford@uoregon.edu Dr. Redford's research program aims to develop a psychologically-plausible and biologically-sensible framework for understanding spoken language production. Key areas include the acquisition of articulatory timing skills, the relationship between phrase-level representations and planning processes, and the coordination of language and breathing during speaking. Her work challenges existing theories by emphasizing the developmental structuring of linguistic representations. Analysis of her recent publications reveals ongoing focus on prosodic development, coarticulation, and speech motor control across child and adult speech. Themes include the role of cognitive load in speech production, cross-linguistic rhythm acquisition, and the integration of acoustic theories with perceptual and motor processes. She employs methods ranging from computational modeling to audiovisual speech analysis. As an advisor, Dr. Redford oversees graduate student research in the Department of Linguistics. She also contributes to the University of Oregon's academic community through her leadership of the Spoken Language Research Laboratories, which employs interdisciplinary approaches to studying speech production and perception.

• Language production
• Message formulation
• Sentence formulation
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Dr. Agnieszka Konopka is a Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Aberdeen, where she conducts research and teaches while actively accepting PhD students for supervision. Her office is located in Room G33 of the William Guild Building on the University of Aberdeen campus. Her academic appointments include: Lecturer, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen SONA and research participation coordinator Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Editorial Board Member, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition Editorial Board Member, Applied Psycholinguistics Dr. Konopka's research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms underlying language production and memory for language. She investigates how speakers plan and formulate messages and sentences across different languages, examining incrementality and flexibility in message and sentence formulation. Her work also bridges bilingual sentence processing with reconstructive memory research to understand how language learning affects memory for linguistic information. Her research interests include: Language production and message formulation Sentence formulation and incrementality Cross-linguistic differences in language processing Linguistic diversity and bilingualism Syntax and memory for language Source memory and metacognition Her publication record shows a consistent trajectory of high-impact research in psycholinguistics and cognitive psychology, with recent work expanding into cross-cultural aspects of emotion recognition and social category influences on cognitive processes. She frequently employs eye-tracking and other experimental methodologies to examine the precise time-course of linguistic processing. Her teaching responsibilities include: Memory & Language Methodology B MRes programme instruction Dr. Konopka maintains an active presence in the academic community through her editorial roles and continues to advance research at the intersection of language, cognition, and social processes.

• First language acquisition
• Tense and aspect
• Telicity
• +7 more

Dr. Angeliek van Hout is a faculty member at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Arts, where she leads the Acquisition Lab within the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG). Her academic profile centers on experimental research into first language acquisition in typically developing monolingual children, employing a crosslinguistic perspective to investigate fundamental aspects of language development. Her research expertise spans multiple interconnected domains of linguistic development: Temporal reference (tense and aspect, telicity, event culmination) Nominal reference (definiteness, quantification) Syntactic structures (questions, passives, pronouns) Pragmatic reasoning (scalar implicatures, theory of mind) Dr. van Hout's methodological approach integrates formal linguistic theory with empirical experimentation, examining how children acquire complex linguistic structures across different languages. Her recent work demonstrates particular focus on logical operators and their interpretation in child language, with extensive crosslinguistic comparisons examining how children process disjunction under negation in Dutch, French, Hungarian, and Italian. She investigates the cognitive mechanisms underlying these linguistic phenomena, bridging theoretical linguistics with cognitive science. Her publication record shows consistent productivity with 89 research outputs including 25 articles, 23 conference contributions, and 20 book chapters. Notable recent publications include work on prosodic disambiguation in Dutch, free choice interpretation in French children, and crosslinguistic patterns in quantifier acquisition. Dr. van Hout actively contributes to the academic community through: Supervision of PhD students (4 supervised works documented) Editorial work including the TABU Festschrift for Jack Hoeksema Organizing academic events such as "Novel Semantic Research in Theory, Processing and L1 Acquisition" Presenting research at international conferences including the Boston University Conference on Language Development Her research has practical applications in understanding typical language development trajectories, which she communicates to broader audiences through public engagement activities. She has presented on language development in twins at multiple public events and participated in the NEMO Science Live initiative from 2016-2018, demonstrating commitment to knowledge transfer beyond academic circles. As leader of the Acquisition Lab, Dr. van Hout directs research examining how children develop linguistic competence across various domains, with particular attention to the interface between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in early language development.

Nori JacobyView profile

Assistant Professor

• Cognitive Psychology
• Neuroscience
• Machine Learning
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Nori Jacoby is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Cornell University and a Research Group Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Frankfurt. Her research bridges cognitive science, neuroscience, and machine learning to explore how internal representations shape sensory and cognitive abilities, with a focus on universality/diversity in perception and collective behavior. Education: PhD from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ELSC), postdocs at MIT, UC Berkeley, and Columbia University Lab: Directs the CoCoCo Lab (Cornell Computational Cognition Lab) Funding: NSF-funded postdoctoral program collaborating with UC Davis, CUNY, and Princeton Research interests include: High-dimensional perceptual spaces using adaptive sampling (e.g., Gibbs sampling with people) Cross-cultural studies of music and perception via global experiments Human-AI hybrid systems for collective creativity and decision-making Recent work explores mechanisms of cultural diversity in urban populations, neural correlates of rhythm in stroke patients, and LLM alignment with human sensory judgments. Current projects include large-scale music evolution experiments and NSF-funded studies on collective intelligence. Recruitment: Actively hiring postdocs and PhD students for interdisciplinary work.

• Voice Quality
• Experimental Phonetics
• Speech Production
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Professor Ailbhe Ní Chasaide at Trinity College Dublin is a leading figure in phonetics, with expertise in voice quality, speech production, and Irish language prosody. She established Trinity’s Phonetics & Speech Laboratory and leads a multidisciplinary team focused on speech technology and endangered language preservation. Education PhD Experimental Phonetics, University of Wales, Bangor (1985) MA Linguistics, University of Wales, Bangor (1977) Maîtrise ès Lettres French Literature, Université de Bordeaux (1975) BA French/German, University College Galway (1973) Her research explores how voice quality interacts with prosody to convey emotion and linguistic meaning, alongside pioneering work in documenting and preserving the Irish language through speech technology. Key areas include experimental phonetics, speech acoustics, and Irish dialect intonation. Recent publications highlight affective prosody, cross-language voice quality analysis, and Irish language revitalization. These works span acoustic modeling, synthetic speech applications, and the role of prosody in linguistic identity. Scientific Awards Elected member of the ISCA IAC (2021) Elected to Council of the International Phonetic Association (2019) Government of Ireland Senior Research Fellowship (2003) Fellow Trinity College Dublin (1998) Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship (1987) Senior Research Fellowship, Oxford University (1982) Professor Ní Chasaide mentors a team of postdocs, research assistants, and PhD students. She has co-founded Irish postgraduate programs in phonetics and supervised numerous researchers. Her projects, including ABAIR (€3.85m) and FastNet (€1.12m), focus on speech technology and social interaction studies.