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.

1. 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

2. 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

3. Publications

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

• (submitted) Ong, J., Wang, L., Canzi, M., Wang, W., Jiang, C., & Liu, F. Mental representations of speech and musical pitch contours show reduced pitch ranges in congenital amusia.

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

• (submitted) Redolfi, M., … Canzi, M., … An eye-tracking study on monolingual and bilingual predictive processing. [DC FA V W]

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

• (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]

4. 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)

5. Invited Talks and Workshops

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• (2025) [13-14 Feb] *Canzi, M. & *Venagli, I. Data visualisation with ggplot2 in R. Short course (8 hours) at the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshop series.

• (2024) [2-6 Dec] Canzi, M. Introduction to Statistics with R. MA-level, 8-hour workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization, University of Verona.

• (2024) [20-24 May] Canzi, M. Data Manipulation and Visualisation in R. PhD-level, 8-hour workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization, University of Verona.

• (2024) [22-23 Feb] *Canzi, M. & *Venagli, I. Data visualisation with ggplot2 in R. Short course (8 hours) at the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshop series.

• (2023) [6-8 June] Canzi, M. Topics in Quantitative Methods. PhD-level, 11-hour workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization, University of Verona.

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

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

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

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

6. Selected Presentations

• (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 accepted at AMLaP 2024 (Edinburgh, UK)

• (2024) *Link, P.M., Canzi, M, & Rathcke, T. Individual differences in sensorimotor synchronization and pupillometry. Poster accepted at AMLaP 2024 (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. The 7th bi-annual European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN) meeting, May 22-25, 2024, 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.

• (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).

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

• (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 at the University of Sheffield.

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

• (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 Italian. Poster presented at the British Association of Academic Phoneticians at the University of Kent.

7. Supervision

• (2024) (1st, MA) Mattes, K.

• (2024) (1st, MA) Klotz, N.

• (2024) (1st, MA) Yan, Y. “Investigation of language processing and emotional response in bilinguals with different L1 backgrounds during political speeches”

• (2024) (2nd, MA) Ratzer, L. “Does a week-long rhythm training intervention influence the rhythmic priming effect on sentence processing?”

• (2024) (2nd, MA) Tay, S. “Perception of speech to song illusion in listeners with a tonal native language”

8. Awards

• (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.

9. Training

• (2023) Deep Learning** specialisation offered by deeplearning.ai on Coursera (Currently in progress)

• (2021) Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology: Bayesian Stream (by Prof Shravan Vasishth) at the University of Potsdam.

• (2021) B4SS Workshop (Bayesian 4 Speech Sciences)

• (2021) GAMMs Workshop by Dr Cesko Voeten at the University of Konstanz

• (2018) Analysing Curves. Workshop on modelling data with General Additive Mixed Models and Independent Component Analysis at The University of Manchester.

• (2018) ERP Boot Camp. Workshop held by Prof Steve Luck and Dr Emily Kapperman on processing and statistical analysis of ERP data at the University of Birmingham.

10. Service

Department of Linguistics, Universität Konstanz

• (2024) Main organiser of the Konstanz Linguistics Conference

• (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)