See my detailed CV (last updated September 2026) and the complete publications page.
Educational Background
2024 - present: Ph.D. candidate in General Linguistics at the University of Tübingen
2019 - 2022: M.A. in German Linguistics (with a focus on Psycholinguistics) at the University of Tübingen
- Master thesis: Subjektivität vs. Diskriminatorische Stärke: Eine experimentelle Studie zu Adjektivenreihenfolgenpräferenzen (Subjectivity vs. Discriminatory Strength: An Experimental Study of Adjective Ordering Preferences).
2016 - 2019: B.A. in German Studies (with a focus on Linguistics) at Nanjing University
- Bachelor thesis: Eine kontrastive Studie zu kausalen komplexen Sätzen im Chinesischen und Deutschen (A Contrastive Study of Causal Complex Sentences in German and Chinese).
Academic Work Experience
April 2024 – present · Research Assistant
University of Tübingen · PI: Prof. Dr. Michael Franke
Research on pragmatic reasoning in causal communication within the Linguistic Meaning and Bayesian Modeling (LMBayes) project at the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS). Methods include behavioral experiments, Bayesian modeling, computational pragmatics, and large language models.
July 2022 – December 2023 · Research Assistant
University of Tübingen · PI: Dr. Fabian Schlotterbeck
Designed and conducted linguistic experiments; analyzed data using frequentist and Bayesian methods; assisted with teaching Introduction to Linguistics and Experimental Methods; and supported ethics applications, grant applications, preregistrations, and workshop organization.
April 2020 – December 2021 · Student Research Assistant
University of Tübingen · PI: Dr. Fabian Schlotterbeck
Non-Academic Work Experience
2019 · Freelance Translator and Interpreter
- Industrial and technical projects: Translation and interpreting for Continental on rubber brake hoses, for Constellium on welding automotive battery enclosures, and for Jiangsu Tianhong Machinery Industry Co., Ltd. on dual-chamber holding furnaces.
- Wine and business: Interpreting for winery visits in Nierstein and business reception.
- Children’s publishing: Translation of a children’s illustrated book about dinosaurs.
November 2016 – July 2018 · German Language Instructor
Foreign Language Institute of Nanjing University · Nanjing, China
Taught German courses at A1–C1 levels, with an emphasis on oral communication, debate, argumentation, and public speaking.
Prizes and Awards
- 2020–2022: Magenau-Wacker Scholarship.
- 2018–2019: China Scholarship Council scholarship for excellent undergraduate students, funding a one-year exchange at the University of Tübingen.
- 2017: National Scholarship of China.
- 2017: Second prize, 10th National German Studies Debate Contest, China.