Hi there!

Thanks for visiting.

I was born in Pingliang, Gansu, Northwestern China. It is slightly different from the primary cities in China due to the blend of Taoism, Islam, and Buddhism. And I always believe this silk-road city is the most beautiful place in the world.

When I was six, I moved to Xi’an, Shaanxi, with my parents. In this ancient capital of China for more than 13 dynasties, I finished my primary school, high school, and even my undergraduate in Jiaotong University. Even though staying in one place is “boring” sometimes, Jiaotong is really a good place to feed me everything. And I am proud to be the alumna of The High School Affiliated to Xi’an Jiaotong University.

I learned two-year German in grades 7 and 8, which still annoys me to say “German” as “Deutsch.” Weirdly, this hard-to-switch problem did not happen when I studied Spanish in XJTU, and Italian in Madison. I started learning linguistics as a sophomore exchange student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. I believe many students have heard about the course LINGUIS 101/301, which is also the beginning of everything for me.

After the memorable learning experience during COVID, I returned to XJTU to finish my B.A. under the supervision of Prof. Xiaopeng Zhang. In his team, I operated the eye-tracking experiments, collected the data, learned the statistical analysis… That is the place that transformed me from the blank.

In 2022, I entered the CityU and luckily to meet my current supervisor Dr. Jixing Li and I am proud to be one of the founding members of LAMB. She led me to taste the field of computational neurolinguistics.

Hope you guys enjoy the visit!

Zhengwu

The picture was taken in Cheung Chau, Hong Kong, 2022