Curriculum Vitae
Academic positions
2026–2028
Postdoctoral Research Scientist
Acoustics Research Institute (ISF), Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), Vienna, Austria
2025–2026
Visiting Researcher
Department of Linguistics, University of Calgary, Canada
Education
2018–2023
PhD in Linguistics
University of Calgary, Canada
Research focused on the acoustic cues involved in the perception of lexical pitch accents by native and non-native listeners.
2015–2017
MA in Linguistics
University of Belgrade and University of Niš, Serbia
Research focused on the acoustic properties of speech produced by learners of English.
2015
BA with Honours
University of Niš, Serbia
Awards and fellowships
- Seal of Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Killam Doctoral Scholarship
- Eyes High Doctoral and International Awards
- Dositeja Fund Scholarship
- Dean’s Entrance Award
- Language Research Centre Fellowships
Teaching experience
2018–2023
University of Calgary and Mount Royal University, Canada
Teaching experience in linguistics and related areas, alongside doctoral research.
Research interests
- Speech production and perception
- Acoustic phonetics and phonology
- Lexical prosody, stress, and pitch
- Speech processing and spoken-word recognition
- Phonetic variation and contextual effects
- Eye-tracking and EEG methods
Research methods
- Acoustic analysis of speech
- Speech perception and production experiments
- Eye-tracking
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Statistical modelling and computational analysis
International research experience
- University of Warsaw, Poland — Erasmus+ exchange (2016)
- University of Calgary, Canada — doctoral studies and research (2018–2023), followed by visiting research (2025–2026)
- Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria — postdoctoral research (2026–2028)