Yuxin Ge is a postdoctoral researcher specializing in second language (L2) phonology at CLUNL, supported by the Global Advancement Fund (GAF) from Lancaster University. In her current role, Yuxin investigates how adult learners acquire non-native phonological features, focusing on the cognitive mechanisms underlying learning and individual differences in learning outcomes. Yuxin holds a PhD in Linguistics from Lancaster University (UK), where her doctoral research used a cross-situational statistical learning paradigm to examine the acquisition of non-native words by adults. Prior to her postdoctoral position, she contributed as a PhD student to the ProPerL2 project at CLUNL [FCT grant agreement 2022.04013.PTDC].