Since April 2024 Valentin Kany is a member of the phonetics group. In his PhD project, in cooperation with the chair of German as a foreign/second language (Prof. Haberzettl), his focus is on speech fluency of pre-school children. The project is partially supported by funds of Prof. Mangold, the founder of the phonetics group at our university. Apart from his research, Valentin is also active in teaching, e.g. in "Einführung in die Phonetik und Phonologie".