Ge Haoyan Emily received her B.A. in English Language and Literature from Shanghai International Studies University, and both her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Linguistics from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She is currently Assistant Professor in the School of Education and Languages and Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Bilingual Learning and Teaching (RIBiLT) at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU). Her research focuses on language and cognitive development in both typical and atypical populations, including autistic children, bilingual children, and second language learners.

Dr. Ge has led and conducted externally funded research projects, including those supported by the Research Grants Council (RGC), Health and Medical Research Fund (HMRF), and National Social Science Fund of China (NSSF-China). Her work has been published in SSCI-indexed journals, including Autism, Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, Studies in Second Language Acquisition, and Applied Psycholinguistics. Dr. Ge has the qualification to administer and code the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Second Edition (ADOS-2), a gold-standard instrument for diagnosing autism) for clinical and research reliability. Over the years, she has provided professional assessments and diagnoses to more than 300 autistic children in Hong Kong.