Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

CV

 

Research areas:

As a trained general and English linguist (Ph.D. Göttingen, defense 2011, degree 2012), I investigate semantic and pragmatic properties of natural languages with a focus on my two second languages English and German, as well as my two mother tongues Mandarin and Wu Chinese, using theoretical and experimental linguistic methods. In addition, I am interested in their interface with syntax and their bearing on language acquisition and language processing.

 

Educational background:

1996-2000: B.A. in English (Nanjing Normal University)
2003-2007: M.A. in English/General Linguistics/French
(University of Göttingen)
2007-2011: Ph.D. in English Linguistics (University of Göttingen)

 

Current and past positions:

04/2019-present:

Junior professor in linguistics, Department of English and American Studies, HU Berlin 

(Successful intermediate evaluation 01/2023)

10/2018-03/2019: Senior researcher and lecturer in linguistics, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
12/2017-04/2018: Visiting scholar, Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago
08/2013-09/2018: Researcher and lecturer in linguistics, Institute of Cognitive Science,
Osnabrück University
2012-2020: Associate member and principle investigator of the project
“Projective Meaning” within the priority program “Cognitive Studies from Interdisciplinary Perspectives” funded by the Chinese National Social Science Foundation, Peking University
10/2012-07/2013: Parental leave
04/2012-09/2012: Replacement professor in syntax, English Department, University of
Göttingen
02/2009-01/2012: Researcher in linguistics, English Department, University of Göttingen
02/2007-01/2009: Researcher in linguistics, CRC441, University of Tübingen

 

Scientific boards:

2021- Chair of the Ethics Committee, Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, HU Berlin (on leave during the winter term 2022/23)
2019-2021: Member of the Commission for Research Data Management, Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, HU Berlin
2022-2023: Chair of the Program Committee, 45th annual meeting of the DGfS (German Linguistic Society), University of Cologne
2017-2021: Member of the Steering Committee for the DFG-SPP XPrag.de