Since 2020, I have been doing a Ph.D. supervised by Prof. Dr. Gerben van Kleef and Dr. Marc Heerdink. My project focuses on the interpersonal effects of emotions on social media. Specifically, how (social media) influencers’ emotional expressions affect their viewer’s perceptions and intentions. Before my doctoral studies, I completed a BA in Psychology at Nanjing Normal University (2016) and an MSc in Social Psychology at Peking University (2019).

Research expertise

• Emotion

• Social influence

• Influencer

• Social media

• Social perception

Other links

• EASI (Emotion as Social Information) Lab

Research grants & honours

Fair and resilient societies grant for the project “Being trapped or actively changing: a new theory of how social class perpetuates during (global) disruptive events” with Dr. Shuai Yuan and Dr. Richard Ronay.