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-//////) Akademischer Mitarbeiter (100% TVL-13) at Universität Konstanz

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

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

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

Education

• (2017-2021) PhD in Linguistics at The University of Manchester. “What PMN? Investigating phonological processing in semantics-free speech perception with ERP”; Supervised by Dr Wendell Kimper & Dr Patrycja Strycharczuk.

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

• (2015-2016) MA in Linguistics at the University of Manchester

• (2012-2015) BA in Foreign Languages & Literature at the University of Milan

Publications

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

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

• (subm) Kupisch, T., …, Canzi, M., … How linguistic experience shapes accents in the heritage and majority language of heritage speakers at primary school age. [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 individ- ual rhythmic skill influence the perception of temporal structure in spoken language. Attention, Perception & Psychophysics [DC V]

• (2023) Canzi, M, & Rathcke, T.. Unmasking the truf: 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

• Data (Science) / Project Management: R, Microsoft Excel, Python, Git

• About R: akima, brms, car, eegUtils, ERP, gazeR, ggeffects, itsadug, lme4, lmerTest, mgcv, mlogit, partykit, pbkrtest, randomForest, simr, sjPlot, tidymv, tidyverse, twitteR, …

• Neuroimaging: EEG/ERP, BioSemi, Acti/LabView, Presentation, EEGLAB, ERPLAB, Matlab

• Behavioural: Presentation, PsychoPy, E-Prime, Qualtrics, Gorilla, Tobii Pro Lab, OpenSesame, JsPsych, Matlab

• Acoustics / Audio Capture: Praat, Audacity, Logic, iZotope, Wavesurfer, Olympus / Tascam / Zoom recorders, microphones and microphone placement, monitoring and mixing, synthesis and re-synthesis, music education

• OS: Windows, Mac OS, Unix

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

• Video Capture / Editing: Extensive knowledge of photo/videography, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Illustrator

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

MA (Co-) Supervision

• (2024) S. Tay: “Speech-to-song illusion in bilingual speakers with a tonal L1”

• (2024) L. Ratzer: “Does a week-long training intervention influence the rhythming priming effect on sentence processing?”

• (2024) N. Klotz: “Advanced analyses of electro-glottographic and acoustic time-varying waveform dynamics in voice pathologies: A comparative study of pre- and post-treatment measures”

Invited talks / workshops

* indicates presenting authors (for multiauthored presentations)

• (2024) Canzi, M. Topics in Data Curation and Visualisation. Workshop taught at the Department of Culture and Civilization, University of Verona [22-23 May, 2024]

• (2024, 2025) Learning Data Visualisation in R. Workshop taught as part of the Konstanz Methods Excellence Workshops at the University of Konstanz [22-23 February, 2024; TBC 2025]

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

• (2022) Breaking Bad Habits in Experimental and Quantitative Linguistic Research. Workshop taught at the Linguistics Department, University of Konstanz. [5-6 May, 2022]

• (2021) Canzi, M. Looking for the Phonological Mapping Negativity (in all the wrong places). Talk presented at the Linguistics Department Research Colloquium, University of 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. Dont let me be misunderstood: exploring early phonological and lexical processing in auditory perception. Talk presented at the Glasgow University Laboratory of Phonetics.

Selected presentations

• (2023) *Canzi, M, & Rathcke, T.. Unmasking the truf: 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.

• (2020) *Canzi, M., & Kimper, W. Processing speech sounds in speech(-like) perception: an ERP study. Poster accepted at the British Association of Academic Phoneticians at the University of York / Poster accepted at PhonolEEGy at Université Côte d’Azur

• (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

Training

• (2022) Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology: Bayesian Stream (by Prof Shravan Vasishth) at the University of Potsdam.

• (2021) B4SS [Bayesian Statistics for Speech Sciences] @ https://learnb4ss.github.io

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

• (2021) Deep Learning specialisation offered by deeplearning.ai on Coursera

• (2018) Analysing Curves [GAMMs, Functional PCA] (Dr Márton Sóskuthy, Dr Michele Gubian) at The University of Manchester

• (2018) ERP Boot Camp [ERP, data analysis] (Prof Steve Luck, Dr Emily Kapperman) at the University of Birmingham

Service

Universität Konstanz

• (2023) Main Organiser of the Konstanz Linguistics Conference

• (2022) Main Organiser of the “Methods @ LingLabs” open-access workshop series

The University of Manchester

• (2020) Main Organiser of the Manchester Forum in Linguistics

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

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