2001: Ph.D., Department of Linguistics, UCLA. Dissertation: The effects of duration and sonority on contour tone distribution — Typological survey and formal analysis. Advisor: Donca Steriade.
2001: 博士，语言学系，加州大学洛杉矶分校。论文：持续时间和响度对声调分布的影响——类型学调查和形式分析。导师：Donca Steriade。

1997: M.A., Department of Linguistics, UCLA. Thesis: Duration in the tonal phonology of Pingyao Chinese. Advisor: Donca Steriade.
1997: 硕士，语言学系，加州大学洛杉矶分校。论文：平遥汉语声调音系学中的时长。导师：Donca Steriade。

1994: B.E., Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
1994: 工学学士，电子工程系，清华大学，中国北京。

Silver Anniversary Distinguished Teaching Award, University of Kansas, 2005
银禧杰出教学奖，堪萨斯大学，2005

Excellence in Teaching Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 2005
卓越教学奖，教学卓越中心，堪萨斯大学，2005

National Science Foundation: Neural mechanisms for phonological alternation with high and low productivity - a case study on tone sandhi. PI. $439,770. Co-PIs: Dr. Caicai Zhang, Dr. Stephen Politzer-Ahles, Dr. Gang Peng, Department of Chinese and Bilingual Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Dr. Chiaying Lee, Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
美国国家科学基金会：高产出和低产出音系交替的神经机制——以变调为例的案例研究。首席研究员。439,770美元。联合首席研究员：张彩彩博士、Stephen Politzer-Ahles博士、彭刚博士，香港理工大学中文及双语学系；李佳颖博士，台湾中央研究院语言学研究所

Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (the American Region): Experimental investigation of tone sandhi in three Hakka dialects spoken in Taiwan. PI. $30,000. Co-investigator: Dr. Yuwen Lai, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.
蒋经国国际学术交流基金会（美洲地区）：台湾三种客家方言变调的实验研究。首席研究员。30,000美元。合作研究员：赖玉文博士，台湾国立交通大学外国语文学系

National Science Foundation: Testing the productivity of Chinese tone sandhi. 2008-2013. PI. $300,000.
美国国家科学基金会：检验汉语变调的生产力。2008-2013。首席研究员。300,000美元

Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange (the American Region): Testing the role of phonetic naturalness in Taiwanese tone sandhi. 2006-2007. PI. $24,000. Co-Investigators: Dr. Jane Tsay and Dr. James Myers, Institute of Linguistics, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
蒋经国国际学术交流基金会（美洲地区）：检验语音自然度在台湾闽南语变调中的作用。2006-2007。首席研究员。24,000美元。合作研究员：蔡珍博士和James Myers博士，台湾国立中正大学语言学研究所

Young Scholar Award, International Association of Chinese Linguistics, 2006.
国际中国语言学学会青年学者奖，2006