drMaral Asiaee

Postdoc (Adiunktka – stażystka podoktorska)

Websites / Profiles

Degrees

  • BA in English Language and Literature: Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran 2007
  • MA in Linguistics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran 2012
  • PhD in Linguistics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran 2020

Research interests

  • Experimental phonetics
  • Forensic phonetics
  • Voice quality
  • Speech perception
  • Neurolinguistics

Teaching experience

  • Introduction to phonetics
  • Introduction to acoustic phonetics
  • Introduction to forensic linguistics

Papers read at international conferences and congresses

  • 1st International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology (ICLPP), Tehran, 2018 (co-authored with Mandana Nourbakhsh & Radek Skarnitzl)
  • 28th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic phonetics (IAFPA), Istanbul, 2019 (2 posters: 1 with Mandana Nourbakhsh & Radek Skarnitzl, 1 with Alžběta Růžičková, Mandana Nourbakhsh & Radek Skarnitzl)
  • VoiceID Conference, Zurich, 2022. Co-authored with Homa Asadi
  • 30th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic phonetics (IAFPA), Prague, 2022 [poster] (co-authored with Homa Asadi and Volker Dellwo)

Other talks and presentations

  • 8th Iranian Conference on Linguistics, Tehran, 2013 (co-authored with Mandana Nourbakhsh)
  • 2nd National Conference of Acoustic Phonetics, Tehran, 2014 (co-authored with Nina Hosseini-Kivanani & Mandana Nourbakhsh)
  • 9th Iranian Conference on Linguistics, Tehran, 2015 (co-authored with Saeed Rahandaz & Shahram Naghshbandi)
  • Research week, Alzahra University, Tehran, 2016
  • 3rd National Conference on Forensic Linguistics, Tehran, 2017 (co-authored with Mandana Nourbakhsh)
  • Research week, Alzahra University, Tehran, 2021 (two talks: 1 on Voice of Covid and 1 on Forensic Phonetics)
  • Zurich University, 2022 (co-presented with Homa Asadi)

Study visits

  • Institute of Phonetics, Prague, Czech Republic, 21 November 2018- 31 May 2019

Conference organizer

  • 1st National Conference on Lexicography, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, 1 November, 2017- Member of the Organizing Committee
  • 1st International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology (ICLPP), Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, 14- 15 November, 2018- Member of the Organizing Committee
    • Workshop on “Spectro-temporal analysis of voice”, as part of the ICLPP 2018, held on 14 November 2018
    • Workshop on “The true matched guise: creating reliable stimuli for perception experiments”, as part of the ICLPP 2018, held on 14 November 2018
    • Celebration of “Lifetime achievements of Prof. Mahmoud BijenKhan”, as the closing ceremony of the ICLPP 2018, held on 15 November 2018
  • 2nd International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology (ICLPP), Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, 20-21 October, 2021- Member of the Scientific and Organizing Committes

Research projects

  • Co-Investigator:
    • An AI (Artificial intelligence) and acoustic-based analysis of COVID-19 patients' speech to assess the feasibility of early diagnosis, Iran National Science Foundation, grant no. 99002589, PI: Dr. Mandana Nourbakhsh (2020-2021)
    • Linguistic and non-linguistic factors affecting the identification of bilingual Persian-English speakers, Iran National Science Foundation, grant no. 99029850, PI: Dr. Homa Asadi (2021-2023)
    • Phonation in L1 and L2 speech, National Science Centre, grant no. UMO 2021/41/B/HS2/00239, PI: prof. Dr. hab. Geoffrey Schwartz (2022-2026)

Scholarships and awards

  • Selected as a winner of the “Tehrani Moghaddam Project” by Iran’s National Elites Foundation (Member of Iran’s National Elites Foundation), 2021
  • Awarded a research scholarship by Iran’s Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 2017
  • Prize for Best Secretary of Scientific- Student Association at Alzahra University (once in 2015 & once in 2017)