Dr. Aleksandra Ćwiek was a researcher at ZAS in the Research Area 1 'Laboratory Phonology'.

Her research investigates acoustic and prosodic aspects of iconicity, as well as sound symbolism, and includes cross-linguistic studies. As part of the FLESH project, she explores kinematic properties, multimodality, and the evolution of language. Additionally, she has a strong interest in linguistic prominence. She earned her Ph.D. in General Linguistics from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2022. Aleksandra is also a co-initiator of envisionBOX, a platform empowering learners and creators working with multimodal data.