First-Year Ph.D. Students

 

WAI, Justine

Justine Wai is a first-year Ph.D. student at the Speech, Language, and Reading Lab (SLR Lab). She graduated from Loughborough University (B.Sc. in Psychology with Criminology) and later worked as a Research Assistant at the SLR Lab for two years. Her work on the lab’s large-scale projects inspired her current research interests in assessment and intervention related to the social-emotional processes between caregivers and children with and without autism. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WANG, Shuo

Shuo Wang is a first-year Ph.D. student who received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Technology from Zhengzhou University and his Master’s degree in Innovative Design and Technology from the University of Hong Kong. His current research interests lies in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and their applications in the field of Special Education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YAN, Su

Su Yan is a first-year Ph.D. student of the SLR lab. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences (Cells and Organisms) with a minor in Social Science (Cognition, Brain, and Behavior) from Minerva University. Her current research focuses on exploring neural mechanisms of statistical learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Third-Year Ph.D. Students

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WANG, Xin

Wang Xin is a third-year Ph.D. student who received her Bachelor’s degree in Applied Mathematics from Jiangsu University and her Master’s degree in Applied Psychology from Nanjing Normal University. Her doctoral research explores statistical learning in children with developmental dyslexia (DD) and dyscalculia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZHOU, Mei

Zhou Mei is a third-year Ph.D. student of the SLR lab. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences from Zhejiang University. Her current research interests focus on the cognitive mechanisms underlying statistical learning in children with special educational needs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fourth-Year Ph.D. Students

LENTEJAS, Kembell

Kembell Lentejas is a fourth-year Ph.D. student of the SLR Lab. She received her Master’s degree from University of East Anglia (MRes in Social Science Research) and Ateneo De Manila University (MA in Reading Education). She is a reading specialist with more than 10 years of teaching experience. Her research interests lie in the field of reading disabilities especially in reading comprehension deficits of bilingual students.

 

 

 

 

 

VASUDEVMURTHY, Arpitha

Arpitha Vasudevamurthy is a fourth-year PhD student under the supervision of Dr Shelley Xiuli Tong. She graduated from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing with a Bachelor’s in Speech and Hearing sciences and Master’s in Speech and Language Pathology (SLP). As an SLP, she has expertise in conducting diagnostic and therapeutic management for individuals with communication disorders. Having worked at government institutions and private clinics, she has clinical exposure to acquire and neurodevelopmental communication disorders among individuals in rural, urban and tribal areas of South India. Her research focuses on implicit learning mechanisms in relation to language and literacy development in children with developmental language disorders (DLD) and developmental dyslexia (DD).

 

 

ZHANG, Puyuan

Zhang Puyuan is a fourth-year Ph.D. student of the SLR lab. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychological and Behavioral Sciences from Zhejiang University. Her current research interests focus on statistical learning and cognitive processing in children with dyslexia.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.Phil. Students

LIU, Hey Wing

Hey Wing Liu is a third-year MPhil student who received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science with a second major in General Linguistics from the University of Hong Kong. His current research interest lies in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications in the field of Special Education.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part-Time Ph.D. Students

 

​Yoyo Chan is a fifth-year part-time Ph.D. student of the SLR lab in Human Communication, Development & Information Sciences (CDIS). She graduated from the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Psychology in 2017. She has worked as a qualified speech therapist in diverse settings including private centers, special schools, mainstream primary and secondary schools, cleft clinic, and elderly homes. She is currently working with school-age children with special educational needs. Her research interest lies in speech and language training through music for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).