Education

PhD in Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience
University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States
Sept. 2022 - present

MA in Linguistics
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Thesis: Neural responses to syllable gaps in Taiwanese Mandarin: an event-related potential study
Sept. 2016 - Feb. 2020

BSc in Interdisciplinary Program of Life Sciences
with specialties in Life Science & Foreign Languages and Literature
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Sept. 2012 - Jul. 2016

Teaching

Teaching assistant of Cognitive Psychology
Teaching assistant of Methods of Inquiry in Psychology
Teaching assistant of Introductory Psychology
Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

Teaching assistant of Experimental phonetics
Teaching assistant of Phonology (I)
Teaching assistant of Undergraduate Phonetics
Intitute of Linguistics
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Grader of Intermediate German
Grader of Basic German
Department of Foreign Languages & Literature
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Working

Research assistant
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan
(see details here)

Search engine evaluator
TELUS International

Webmaster
Institute of Linguistics
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Research assistant of Book Purchase Project
Project: Conservation and revitalization of endangered languages
PI: Prof. Hsiu-chuan Liao

Summer Intern in 2013
Dr. Cecilia Koo Botanic Conservation Center, Pingtung, Taiwan
Project: A comparative study of leaf morphology of native Camellia species in Taiwan
Onsite Supervisor: Mr. Jun-Nan Yang

Additional Training

2023 Summer Institute student
Linguistic Society of America
University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

Neuroscience and Neuroimaging Specialization
Johns Hopkins University
(via Coursera)

Visiting student
2016 International Summer College
Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

2014 Summer school student
Institute of Statistical Science
Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Selected Awards & Honors

Graduate School Predissertation Research Grant (US$1,300)
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2024

Graduate Study Award (US$71,652)
Foundation for Scholarly Exchange (Fulbright Taiwan), 2022 - 2024

University Graduate Fellowship
University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2022 - 2023

Honorary Member of Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society
Nominated by National Tsing Hua University, 2016

New Undergraduate Merit Scholarship (NT$400,000)
National Tsing Hua University, 2012 - 2016

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