Hello! I’m an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at University of Florida, where I lead the Computational Linguistics Lab.

Previously, I was a 2021-2023 Computing Innovation Fellow supported by the National Science Foundation / Computing Research Association, and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Computer Science at Boston College. I received my Ph.D. in Linguistics from University of California, Davis in 2020; in Summer 2019, I interned as a software developer at the Cognitive Computing Lab at Baidu. Before that, I received a B.A. in Translation with honors from Nankai University.

My research program studies variation/generalization in languages, machines and their intersections. I address related questions from aspects of language typology, language learning and multilingual NLP evaluation, along with a non-western mind. The general methodology that I use is a data-driven approach coupled with The #BenderRule and methods of number counting at varying degrees of carbon dioxide consumption.

Besides academic responsibilities, I proudly serve Advocates for Indigenous California Language Survival, and their biennial institute Breath of Life.

My real-life interests are music, food, and simple methods, and in that order too.