Guasti Maria Teresa

Maria Teresa Guasti is a Professor of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics at the University of Milano-Bicocca since 2005. Her academic journey includes roles as Researcher at the University of Siena and San Raffaele Hospital, and Research Assistant at the University of Geneva. She holds a PhD from the University of Geneva, focusing on causatives and perception verbs, which remains influential in theoretical linguistics.

Her research spans language acquisition, developmental language impairments, dyslexia, and cognitive aspects of language disorders. Notable contributions include discovering timing anticipation deficits in dyslexia and developing interactive technologies (VR/AR) for language applications. She has held visiting positions at MIT, Cambridge University, and Macquarie University.

Guasti has authored/co-authored 160+ publications (80+ peer-reviewed articles, 6 books) with a Google Scholar H-index of 42. Major grants include an ERC Synergy Grant (€10.2M) and H2020 funding. She serves on editorial boards for Language Acquisition, Journal of Child Language, and others.

Her advisory work includes supervising 14 PhD students, 12 postdocs, and ~100 Master's students. Awards include Foreign Expert status in Beijing and roles in EU-funded initiatives like COST A33 and Multimind. Current research integrates human-computer interaction with linguistic principles.