Born in Suzhou, I am currently a PhD student at the Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU). My supervisor is Dr. Yu-Yin Hsu. My research mainly focuses on perception and production of speech prosody, and I use interdisciplinary approaches, including acoustic analysis, psychological, and neuroimaging techniques (especially EEG). Please see the research page for details (still under construction).
My current collaborated project is also interesting: the ManyBabies project “Individual differences in infants’ social evaluations across cultures” (MB4I), investigating cross-cultural differences in infant social cognition.
For academic service, I have worked as a peer reviewer for the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), the Workshop on Cognitive Modeling and Computational Linguistics (CMCL), and the Doctoral Consortium at INTERSPEECH. I am now a volunteer of the ISCA Student Advisory Committee (ISCA-SAC).
Beyond research, I enjoy reading manga like Hunter x Hunter, swimming, and painting. 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
2024 spring | TA of CBS1A01P Fun with Language (UG) | Instructor: Dr. Wing-Li Wu, PolyU
News
- (August, 2024) Our papers have been published and presented at Speech Prosody 2024 and CogSci 2024! Check them out here.
- (April, 2024) My collaborated paper has been accepted by CogSci 2024 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands (24-27 July 2024)! It’s also my first time to get an acceptance letter from CogSci.
- (March, 2024) Our two papers have been accepted by Speech Prosody 2024 held in Leiden, The Netherlands (02–05 July 2024)!