Summary: Formally trained in quantitative research in phonetics and speech sciences. Since 2021, I am a data scientist and laboratory manager in the linguistics department at Universität Konstanz, where I teach MA-level courses in “Statistics”, “Advanced Statistics”, “Forensic Speech Science” and “Eye Tracking & Pupillometry” for linguistics students. I am an avid R coder. I also advocate for sensible experimental designs, clear and reproducible data science and honest scientific communication.

Employment

• (1/2021-1/2056) Academic Staff [100% TVL 13] at Universität Konstanz, DE

• (2/2018-2/2020) Graduate Teaching Assistant at The University of Manchester, UK

  • Handling Data (Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk)
  • Language, Mind & Brain (Dr Wendell Kimper)
  • Sounds of Language (Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk)
  • Forensic Linguistics (Dr Andrea Nini)
  • Psycholinguistics (Dr Thea-Cameron Faulkner)
  • …

• (2/2018-9/2019) Psycholinguistics Lab Manager at The University of Manchester, UK

• (2/2018-8/2018) Graduate Research Assistant on the UMRI-funded project: Beauty is in the ear of the beholder: the role of accent in mate choice. PI: Dr Tucker Gilman, Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk, Dr Alex Baratta. The University of Manchester, UK

Education

• (2017-2021) PhD in Linguistics at The University of Manchester, UK. What PMN? Investigating phonological processing in semantics-free speech perception with ERP. Project supervised by Dr Wendell Kimper & Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk, examined by Dr Vera Hohaus & Dr Linnaea Stockall. Viva passed with minor corrections (A2) on August 27th, 2021

• (2016-2017) MSc in Forensic Speech Science at University of York, UK

• (2015-2016) MA in Linguistics at The University of Manchester, UK

• (2012-2015) BA in Foreign Languages and Literature at Università degli Studi di Milano, IT

Publications

C: Conceptualisation; DC: Data Curation; FA: Formal Analysis; I: Investigation; M: Methods; S: Software; SU: Supervision; V: Visualisation; W: Writing

• (Sbmt) Li, J., Ong, J., Wang, L., Canzi, M., Wang, W., Jiang, C., & Liu, F.. Musical ability and training shape mental representations of linguistic and musical pitch contours. [DC FA V W]

• (Acpt) Rossi, M., Canzi, M., & Rathcke, T.. Phoneme monitoring in developmental dyslexia: Pupillometric evidence for cognitive rather than acoustic origins of phonological deficits. Brain Sciences [DC FA M V]

• (2026) Rathcke, T., & Canzi, M.. Individual differences in musical melody perception moderate the speech-to-song illusion in Mandarin Chinese listeners. Scientific Reports [DC FA V]

• (2025) Tagliani, M., Cruz, L., Redolfi, M., Shirokorad, N., Canzi, M., Melloni, C., & Vender, M. L2 learners take more time to catch the rhyme: An eye-tracking study on predictive processing. International Journal of Bilingualism [DC FA V W]

• (2025) Gielge, R., Brehmer, B., Canzi, M.. Grammaticalization of (in)definiteness markers in Polish monolinguals and bilinguals: language-internal development or contact-induced change? Die Welt der Slaven [DC FA V W]

• (2024) Rathcke, T., Wong, H.Y., & Canzi, M. The Role of Sound-to-Symbol Literacy in Phonological Awareness: Evidence from Cantonese. Brain Research, 1845, 149240 [DC FA V]

• (2024) Kupisch, T., Canzi, M., Ferin, M., Geiss, M., Reiber, M., & Speck, P. How linguistic experience shapes accents in the heritage and majority language of heritage speakers at primary school age. Heritage Language Journal [DC FA V W]

• (2024) Rathcke, T., Castellano, C., & Canzi, M. Understanding the role of broadcast media in sound change. In F. Kleber & T. Rathcke (eds.), Speech Dynamics: Synchronic Variation and Diachronic change. Mouton De Gruyter [DC FA V W]

• (2024) Rathcke, T., Smit, E., Yue, R., & Canzi, M. Synchronised movement and individual rhythmic skill influence the perception of temporal structure in spoken language. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics, 1-17 [DC V]

• (2023) Canzi, M., & Rathcke, T. Unmasking the truth: Impact of community masks on the perception of voiceless fricatives in English. Proc. ICPhS 2023 [DC FA I V W]

• (2023) A. Tsaroucha, T. Rathcke, & Canzi, M. Effects of a face mask on the perception of English fricatives by native speakers of Greek. Proc. ICGL15 [DC FA I SU V]

• (2023) Brehmer, B., Sopata, A., & Canzi, M. Same or different? Subject realization in the majority and heritage language of Polish-German bilingual children. Linguistics Vanguard [DC FA V W]

• (2023) Ulbrich, C., & Canzi, M. Intonational alignment in second language acquisition. Speech Communication, 146, 70-81 [DC FA V W]

• (2021) Mumtaz, B., Canzi, M., & Butt, M. Prosody of Case Markers in Urdu. Proc. Interspeech 2021, 2661-2665 [DC FA V]

Skills

advanced | intermediate | beginner

• Programming:
  R, Praat, Presentation, SQL, Python

• Physiological & Articulatory Methods:
  ERP, EEG, EGG, Pupillometry, Eye Tracking (Gaze), Ultrasound

• Experimental Software:
  Praat, PsychoPy, Presentation, Gorilla, EEG/ERPLAB, ActiView, Audacity, E-Prime, Tobii ProLab, OpenSesame, JsPsych, Matlab

• Web & Typesetting:
  Microsoft Word, \LaTeX, Markdown, Typo3, Hugo, Blogdown

• Languages:
  Italian (native), English (C2), Portuguese (B2), German (A2)

Invited Talks and Workshops

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• (2026) Canzi, M. Pupillometry for the study of language (and beyond). Invited talk at the Manchester Forum in Linguistics [University of Manchester, UK] [01.05]

• (2025, 2024) *Canzi, M. & *Venagli, I. Data visualisation with ggplot2 in R. Graduate workshop taught at the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshop series [Universität Konstanz, DE]

• (2025) Canzi, M. Introduction to data visualisation in R with ggplot2. Invited graduate workshop taught at the Frankfurt Peace Research Institute [University of Frankfurt, DE] [01.12-02.12]

• (2024) Canzi, M. Introduction to Statistics with R. MA-level, 8-hour workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization [University of Verona, IT] [02.12-06.12]

• (2024) Canzi, M. Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R. PhD-level, 8-hour workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization [University of Verona, IT] [20.05-24.05]

• (2023) Canzi, M. Topics in Quantitative Methods. PhD-level, 11-hour workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization [University of Verona, IT] [06.06-08.06]

• (2022) Canzi, M. Good and Bad Habits in Quantitative and Experimental Linguistics Research. Workshop taught online in the linguistics department [Universität Konstanz, DE]

• (2021) Canzi, M. Looking for the Phonological Mapping Negativity (in all the wrong places). Invited talk presented at the Linguistics Department Research Colloquium [Universität Konstanz, DE]

• (2021) *Rathcke, T., & *Canzi, M. [Deaf by face mask? Impact of community masks on the perception of voiceless fricatives in English. Invited talk presented at the Linguistics and English Language (LEL) Summer Seminars [University of Manchester, UK]

• (2019) Canzi, M. Don’t let me be misunderstood: exploring early phonological and lexical processing in auditory perception. Invited talk presented at the Laboratory of Phonetics [University of Glasgow, UK]

Selected Presentations

• (2025) Wang, L., Canzi, M., & *Liu, F. (2025). Mental representations of pitch contours in speech and complex tones change with age in non-autistic individuals but remain stable in autistic individuals. Poster presented at Auditory Science Meeting [Nottingham Trent University, UK]

• (2025) *Ong, J. Canzi, M., & Liu, F. (2025). Mental representations of speech and song reveal language-specific and universal pitch and duration patterns in English and Mandarin listeners. Talk presented at Auditory Science Meeting [Nottingham Trent University, UK]

• (2024) *Rathcke, T., Smit, E., Yue, R., & Canzi, M. Synchronised movement and individual rhythmic skill influence the perception of temporal structure in spoken language. Poster presented at AMLaP 2024 [University of Edinburgh, UK]

• (2024) *Link, P.M., Canzi, M, & Rathcke, T. Individual differences in sensorimotor synchronization and pupillometry. Poster presented at AMLaP 2024 [University of Edinburgh, UK]

• (2024) *Wang, L., Ong, J., Canzi, M., Jiang, C., & *Liu, F. Mental representations of speech and musical pitch contours show reduced pitch ranges in congenital amusia. Talk presented at the 7th bi-annual European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) meeting [University of Ghent, Belgium]

• (2023) *Canzi, M, & Rathcke, T. Unmasking the truth: Impact of community masks on the perception of voiceless fricatives in English. Talk presented at ICPhS 2023 [University of Prague, CZ]

• (2022) *Tsaroucha, A., Rathcke, T., & Canzi, M. Effects of a face mask on the perception of English fricatives by native speakers of Greek. Talk presented at the 15th International Conference on Greek Linguistics (ICGL15) [University of Belgrade, SR]

• (2021) *Mumtaz, B., Canzi, M., & Butt, M. Prosody of Case Markers in Urdu. Talk presented at Interspeech 2021 [University of Brno, CZ]

• (2018) *Coretta, S., & *Canzi, M. The effect of lexical frequency on vowel phonation as a correlate of /t/- glottaling. Talk presented at the Linguistic Association of Great Britain (LAGB) [University of Sheffield, UK]

• (2018) Canzi, M. The Forensic implications of comparing soft, neutral and loud speech. Talk presented at the Manchester Forum in Linguistics [University of Manchester, UK]

• (2018) Canzi, M. A quantitative analysis of inter- and intra-speaker variation of f-pattern and vowel duration in soft, neutral and loud speech in Italia. Poster presented at the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP) [University of Kent, UK]

Taught modules

All modules are MA-level courses taught to students of Linguistics, Speech & Language Processing, and Multilingualism at the University of Konstanz.

• Statistics (2021+, every semester) — introduction to R, linear regression, linear mixed models, logistic regression, and analysis of experimental data.

• Advanced Statistics (2021+) — non-linear modeling (GAMMs) and exploratory methods including cluster analysis, factor analysis, and random forests.

• Pupillometry (2026, with Yining Yan) — hands-on course on pupillometry for cognitive and language-related tasks.

• Introduction to Forensic Speech Science (2023, 2025) — phonetic analysis for forensic tasks such as speaker comparison and speaker profiling.

• Eye-tracking and Pupillometry (2024, with Dr. Ilaria Venagli) — both methods applied to the study of language, with strong practical focus.

PhD Supervision

• (2026-) Co-supervisor of Ms. Yining Yan, PhD-candidate in the LiVV (Lifting the Veil of Violence) project funded by the Cluster of Excellence on the study of Inequality, at the University of Konstanz. First supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tanja Kupisch.

Awards

• (2025) Canzi, M, Cavaglià, S.: Chessable Research Awards 2025 for: “Synchronicity in gaze patterns, pupil dilation and heart rate patterns during blitz chess”.

• (2018) Coretta, S., & Canzi, M. (joint winners) of Best Student Abstract submitted to the LAGB 2018 conference: The effect of lexical frequency on vowel phonation as a correlate of /t/- glottaling.

Service

Department of Linguistics, Universität Konstanz

• (2025) Organising committee of the Konstanz Linguistics Conference 2025

• (2024) Main organiser of the Konstanz Linguistics Conference 2024

• (2023) Organisatory helper of the Musical Minds Workshop

• (2023, 2024) Main organiser of the Methods @ LingLab open-access workshops on methods in linguistics.

Department of Linguistics and English Language, The University of Manchester

• (2020) Main organiser of the Manchester Forum in Linguistics conference

• (2019) GTA Representative for the Linguistics and English Language division

• (2019) Organisatory helper at the Manchester Phonology Meeting conference (MFM)