Born in Suzhou, I am currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). My supervisors are Prof. Yu-Yin Hsu and Prof. Yao Yao. My research interests are speech perception and production of prosodic focus. I use interdisciplinary approaches, including acoustic analysis, psychological, and neuroimaging techniques. Please see the projects for details.
For academic service, I have worked as a peer reviewer for many international conferences: the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), the Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci), the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), etc. I am now a volunteer of the ISCA Student Advisory Committee (ISCA-SAC).
Beyond research, I enjoy reading manga, swimming, and painting. I also love Stardew Valley, in which I own a huge farm :) I worked as a graphic designer, designed logos [e.g., The Modernist Studies in Asia Network (MSIA)] and painted materials for multiple experiments. During my undergraduate years, I also served as captain of the Mandarin Speech and Debate Association at EdUHK and now continue to coach debaters on the part-time basis.
Education
2023-present | PhD | The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)
2020-2021 | MSc in Language Sciences with Distinction | University College London (UCL)
2016-2020 | BA in Language Studies with First Class Honours and President’s Honour List | The Education University of Hong Kong (EdUHK)
Teaching
2025 spring | TA of CBS2905 Introduction to Modern Chinese (UG) | PolyU
2024 fall | Lecturer of Introduction to Phonology (Pre-U) | The Hong Kong Linguistics Olympiad
2024 spring | TA of CBS1A01P Fun with Language (UG) | PolyU
News
(April, 2025) Our paper has been accepted by CogSci 2025 as a talk in San Francisco, the USA (30 July – 02 Aug, 2025). Looking forward to share my current work with you!
(August, 2024) Our papers have been published and presented at Speech Prosody 2024 and CogSci 2024! Check them out here.