Former members

Postdoc members

Meng-Lun "Tonny" Kuo (郭孟倫)

With training in I/O psy and business analytics, Dr. Kuo was a postdoc in the lab and interested in how discrete emotions shape unique experiences and interpersonal relationships between entities (e.g., leaders and followers, consumers and brands) in the organizational, service, and educational contexts. Particularly, he is fascinated by the epistemic and social functions of self-transcendent emotions in knowledge-building processes, status attainment, and leadership emergence. You can find out more about him at his website

Gao-Xian "Sam" Lin (林高賢)

Dr. Gao-Xian Lin received his Ph.D. in Psychology from the Université Catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Belgium. His research interests focused on the analysis of parenting practices and parental well-being in specific cultural contexts. He joined the team to investigate the intersection between parenting and emotions. You can find more about him at his website.

Hui-Tzu "Lydia" Lin (林慧慈)

Dr. Lin was a postdoc in the lab. Her work focused on the developmental and cognitive processes of moral judgment in interpersonal contexts, for adults and children.

Chieh Lu (呂婕)

Dr. Lu was a postdoc in the lab. She's interested in people's awareness of how their experiences have shaped who they are. Her work on cultural self-awareness has focused on cultural experiences and found well-being and intergroup benefits of the awareness. Apart from investigating the mechanisms and outcomes of cultural self-awareness, she seeks to extend the study of self-awareness to other domains, especially emotions, interpersonal relationships, and social movement. 

Grad members

Hsiang-Lien Chen (陳香璉)

Ms. Chen was a Master's student in the ERICA Lab. Her research focused on positive emotions in student peer relations.

Ping-Duan Chen (陳品端)

Mr. Chen majored in I/O psychology at NTHU, and his study was about applying social attitude and emotion to consumer behavior. Also, he's an aficionado of ACG and volleyball (a sporty nerd to be exact), so feel free to join him

Shuyi Chen (書怡)

Ms. Chen was a Master’s student in counseling psychology at NTHU. She also has a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University. Her research focused on parent-child relationships as well as intimate relationships. She deeply enjoys and appreciates literature, for she thinks writers are some of the most brilliant people at capturing the complexity and beauty of humanity. She also loves writing a journal and has a pretty impressive collection of stationery!

Yiting Chen (繹婷)

Ms. Chen was a graduate student studying counseling psychology at NTHU, and her research focused on the links between self and mental illness. She enjoys reading books about concentration camps and North Korean defectors. She also loves traveling and exploring new parts of the world.

I-Ting "Naomi" Cheng (鄭伊庭) 

Naomi was Master's studnet in I/O psychology at NTHU, and her research aimed at consumer behavior & marketing from the perspective of psychology. Also she enjoys films & dramas and never sees the end of her list.

Ya-Hsin Cheng (鄭雅馨)

Ms. Cheng was a Master's student in counseling psychology at NTHU and her research interests were romantic relationships, romantic nostalgia, and emotions. She likes reading and drawing very much, especially reading poems. 

YiNi Fang (方旖旎) 

Ms. Fang was a graduate student in the counseling psychology Department of NTHU, and a guidance counselor at Hukou High School. She graduated from the Department of Counseling and Guidance of NUTN, and joined ERICA Lab in 2021. Her research interest lies in family relationships, including (but not limited to) birth order, reproductive motivation, gender roles, and how social construction impacts relationships.

Rui-Pu Hsu  (徐瑞璞) 

Ms. Hsu's was a Master's student in counseling psychology. Her research focused on the links between self, emotions, and psychological flexibility. 

Chia-Hsin "Jessie" Huang (黃家欣)

Jessie was an undergraduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling of NTHU. She is interested in emotions, gender, and self-psychology from an interpersonal perspective. 

I-hsuan "Kadi" Huang (黃怡瑄)

Kadi was a graduate student in the Counseling Psychology department of NTHU. She was interested in basic psychological theories. Her research interests were emotion, romantic relationships, and gratitude. She likes singing, playing the cello and photography!

Chih-Yu "Grace" Lin (林芷渝)

Ms. Lin was a graduate student majoring in I/O psychology. Her research interests were consumer behavior and user experience. She likes drawing, singing, and watching movies.

Tzu-Jai "Ray" Liu (劉子睿) 

Ray's favorite topic was the applications of statistics in psychology. He worked on the oscillator model for physiological data.

Jia Yi "Joy" Wang (王佳怡) 

Joy was a graduate student majoring in basic psychology at NTHU, and her research interests were emotion, interpersonal relationships, and positive psychology. She enjoys reading, exercising, and trying to understand herself and others.

Wei-Sheng "Wilson" Wang (王威勝) 

Wilson was a graduate student in the lab majoring in I/O psychology at NTHU. His research interests were consumer behavior and affect. 

Undergrad members

Yu-Ching Chen (陳郁晴)

Ms. Chen was an undergraduate in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling. She joined the ERICA Lab in 2020. She likes statistics. She's interested in emotions, too. 

Hsin-Chen "Cindy" Cheng (鄭欣晨)

Cindy was an undergraduate student who double majored in psychology and economics at NTHU. She was interested in interpersonal relationships, astronomy and space-related things. Sounds cool, right? She likes milk tea, too. Her research examined the mental health of astronauts in extreme environments.

Tzu-Yun "Alice" Kung (龔姿云)

Alice was a student at National Tsing Hua University who majored in both psychology and medical science. She was interested in many things that are related to humans, so she took (too) many courses that were related to psychology and biology. And that’s why her friends usually said that they thought she looked like a tired, sleepy panda (especially the “yururin panda”).

Vivian Kuo (郭乃瑋)

Vivian was an undergraduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling. Her research focused on self-regulation and selection between conflicting goals.

Ling Lee (李凌)

Ms. Lee studied psychology and counseling. Her interest was music therapy, social-cultural psychology and emotions. She enjoys what she's doing!

Huimin "Audrey" Lin (林卉敏)

Audrey was an undergraduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, with a minor in humanities and social sciences. She's interested in language and emotion. She enjoys learning new languages and playing sports. 

Chia-hui Lu (呂佳惠)

Ms. Lu was an undergraduate student in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences of NTHU, majoring in anthropology with a minor in psychology. Her research interests were gender, social psychology and counseling.

Xu Peng (彭昫)

Mr. Peng was a student majoring in psychology at National Tsing Hua University, and an RA in ERICA lab at the same time. He was also the vice director of the Kendo club at NTHU, and a sho-dan kenshi.

Xin-Hung Wang (王心虹)

Ms. Wang was an undergraduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling of National, Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. She was interested in emotions, counseling, and social psychology.

Chih Hsuan Yang (楊芷諼)

Ms. Yang studied psychology and counseling at NTHU. Her research interests were gender, social psychology, and emotions. And she loves films!

Tzuyu "Vanessa" Yeh (葉子瑜)

Vanessa was an undergraduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling of NTHU. She was interested in attachment and romantic relationships.

Ying-Hsiu "Maggie" Yeh (葉盈秀)

Maggie was an undergraduate student in the Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling of NTHU. She was interested in emotions and self-psychology from an interpersonal and therapeutic perspective. Her research aimed at emotion, romantic relationships, and self-clarity.