CV

Education & Training

• Principal User Researcher, Autodesk (May 2023 - current)

• Senior User Researcher, Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd (Sept 2022 - May 2023)

• User Researcher, Huawei Technologies Canada Co., Ltd (Sept 2021 - Aug 2022)

• Postdoctoral Scholar in the department of Psychology, Stanford University (Dec 2018 - Aug 2021)
  • Advisor: Dr. Michael C. Frank
• Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology, University of Ottawa (2012 – 2018)
  • Thesis: Statistical learning in a bilingual environment
  • Advisor: Dr. Christopher T. Fennell
• Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology, University of Hong Kong (2009 – 2011)
  • Thesis: Bimodal stimuli do not always facilitate infant rule learning
  • Advisor: Dr. Chia-huei Tseng
• Bachelor of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong (2005 – 2008)

Awards & Honors

• Meta-Analysis Challenge Winner, Metalab, Berkeley Initiative for Transparency in the Social Sciences (2018)
• Student Travel Award, A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology (2018 – 2019)
• Best Poster Award, Brain Health Research Day, Brain and Mind Research Institute (2017 – 2018)
• Frances Degen Horowitz Millennium Scholars Program, Society for Research in Child Development (2017)
• Student Travel Awards, Society for Research in Child Development (2017 – 2018)
• Paula Menyuk Travel Award, Boston University Conference on Language Development (2016 – 2017)
• Student Travel award, Cognitive Development Society (2013 – 2014)
• Distinction, Postgraduate Certificate in Psychology, University of Hong Kong (2011)
• First Class Honors, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong (2008)
• Second runner up, Retirement plan competition, Hong Kong Economic Times Limited (2007 – 2008)
• Dean’s Honor List, School of Economics and Finance, University of Hong Kong (2005 – 2006, 2007 – 2008)

Fellowships & Grants

• Nicole Bégin-Heick Scholarship, University of Ottawa (2017 – 2018)
• GSAED Academic Group Project Funding, Chair of the Statistics Club, University of Ottawa (2017 – 2018)
• CUPE 2626 Solidarity Fund, Chair of the Statistics Club, University of Ottawa (2017 – 2018)
• Campus Initiative Grant, Chair of the Statistics Club, Canadian Psychological Association (2016 – 2017)
• Murray Brown Fund, Chair of the Statistics Club, University of Ottawa (2016 – 2018)
• Faculty of Social Sciences Graduate Scholarship, University of Ottawa (2017 – 2018)
• International Full Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa (2013 – 2017)
• International Partial Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa (2012 – 2013)
• Post-secondary education bursary, Police Children’s Education Trust, Hong Kong Government (2007 –2008)

Invited talks

• Departmental Brownbag Seminar, Department of Psychology, Stanford University (Apr, 2019)
• Symposium on Language and Cognitive Development, Tsinghua University, China (Sep, 2018)
• Developmental area meeting, University of Ottawa (Mar, 2017)
• Developmental area meeting, University of Ottawa (Oct, 2016)

Teaching

Guest Lectures -

• Cognitive Development (undergraduate level), University of Ottawa (Oct 2017, Oct 2018)
• Statistics for Linguistics Research (graduate level), University of Ottawa (Mar 2018)
• Lifespan Psychology (undergraduate level), University of Ottawa (Jan 2016, Sep 2016)
• Advanced statistics in Multivariate in data analysis (graduate level), University of Ottawa (Apr 2015, Apr 2016)

Teaching Assistantship -

• Hierarchical Linear Modeling (graduate level), University of Ottawa (2017 – 2018)
• Advanced Statistics in Multivariate Data Analysis (graduate level), University of Ottawa (2014 – 2017)
• Quantitative Methods in Psychology II (undergraduate level), University of Ottawa (2016 – 2017)
• Research Methods and Ethics (undergraduate level), University of Ottawa (2015 – 2016)
• Advanced Statistics in Univariate Data Analysis (graduate level), University of Ottawa (2014 – 2015)
• Quantitative Methods in Psychology I (undergraduate level), University of Ottawa (2013 – 2015)
• Research in Developmental Psychology (undergraduate level), University of Ottawa (2012 – 2013)
• Advanced Corporate Finance, (undergraduate level), University of Hong Kong (2008 – 2010)
• Investment and Portfolio Analysis, (undergraduate level), University of Hong Kong (2008 – 2010)

Service and leadership

• Chair, Statistics Club, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa (2014 – 2018)
  • Organized regular statistical meetings (a total of 10 meetings) for graduate students and professors.
  • Successfully applied for funds to organize the Bayesian analysis meeting series. I organized four Bayesian analysis workshops during 2016 to 2018, including “an introduction to R”, “an introduction to Bayesian analysis”, “Bayesian structural equation modeling”, “Bayesian inference”.
• Chair, Pre-conference event, Canadian Society for Brain, Behavior and Cognitive Science (2015 – 2016)
  • Organized two parallel one-day workshops for a pre-conference event, which were “an introduction to R” (workshop 1) and “Using R for structural equation modeling” (workshop 2).
• Co-Chair, Peer-Review Committee, the Interdisciplinary Conference in Psychology (2013 – 2016)
  • Led a team of graduate students and professors to review conference abstracts.
  • Improved the evaluation process of peer-review and successfully guaranteed its official recognition as a peer-reviewed conference at the school.
• Campus graduate student representative, Canadian Psychological Association (2014 – 2016)
  • Acted as a liaison between the school and the Canadian Psychological Association.
• Hiring process representative, Graduate Association, University of Ottawa (2014 – 2015)
  • Participated in interviews of candidates for new faculty positions and provided students’ opinions about the candidates to the school.