Born and raised in Chengdu, China, I grew up speaking two Mandarin dialects, which brought me special interests in the bidialectal population and tonal languages. I anticipate that studying these two areas can complement our understanding of the brain construction of people with various linguistic systems as well as the mechanisms underlying their language processes. 

My current research projects include:

• cross-dialectal tone perception; 

• the role of tonal information in bidialectal spoken-word recognition;

• the effects of phonological similarity on language-switching and -mixing costs.

Here is my complete CV.