Angelika Braun

Prof. Dr. Angelika Braun is a full Professor of Phonetics at the University of Trier since October 2009, with a career spanning forensic phonetics, sociophonetics, and cross-cultural speech analysis. She previously held roles at the Bundeskriminalamt (Wiesbaden/Düsseldorf) and Philipps-Universität Marburg, where she habilitated in Phonetics and Speech Processing (2000). Her work bridges academic research with forensic practice.

Research Focus: Her

• Sociophonetics (language and emotions, gender-specific speech)
• Forensic Phonetics (speaker identification, voice analysis)
• Contrastive and Hawaiian Phonetics
• Speech prosody and toxin effects (smoking, alcohol)
• Intercultural dubbing studies

Academic Contributions: Over 15 recent articles explore voice quality, emotional speech, forensic age estimation, and cross-cultural dubbing effects. Key conferences include Interspeech, International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, and ISCA. Her work appears in journals like Forensic Linguistics and The Phonetician.

Scientific Honors:

• Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS)
• Founder Member and former Chairperson of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics (IAFP)
• Life-Member of the International Phonetic Association (IPA)
• Leadership roles in ISPhS and GAL

Practical Impact: Developed the Almeida-Braun Transcription System for dialect analysis and contributed to forensic audio enhancement protocols (e.g., Rodney King case). Serves as reviewer for Language and Speech, Forensic Linguistics, and JIPA. Collaborates on longitudinal studies of vocal aging and speaker identification.