Daisy L. Hung

Hung Lan (; born March 29, 1947), also known by her English name Daisy Hung, is a Taiwanese cognitive psychologist and lawyer. She is the founding director of the Institute of Neuroscience at the National Central University in Taiwan. Her research areas are involved with cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, neuropsychology and neurolinguistics. In addition to conducting research, Hung also translates scientific works, educates children on reading habits and lectures on her research topics.

Early life and education Hung was born on May 29, 1947. She studied law from 1965 to 1969 at National Taiwan University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) before pursuing a master's degree in experimental psychology with a minor in statistics at the University of California, Riverside, from 1978 to 1979. She continued her studies there and earned her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology with a minor in neurolinguistics in 1980.

Career and research After receiving her doctorate, Hung remained in the United States for another eleven years before returning to Taiwan. From 1980 to 1981, Hung was a postdoctoral research associate at The Haskins Laboratory (New Haven, CT). Hung ended her time in the United States as a research associate professor at University of California, Riverside, from 1989 to 1991.

Hung returned to Taiwan in 1991 and served as a psychology professor at National Chung Cheng University from 1991 to 1997 In 2015, Hung was also named the Siu Lien Wong Visiting Fellow of the Chung Chi College and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, which is awarded to one outstanding academic scholar. As the Siu Lien Wong Visiting Fellow, Hung provided public lectures at the college and spoke at the College's Annual Education Conference. Recently, on October 15, 2019, Hung and her spouse, Tzeng worked with the Haskins Laboratory, where Hung worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the early years of her career, to officially found a joint developmental neuroscience lab at the National Taiwan Normal University studying the relationship between language and the brain along with clinical studies of language and reading disorders.

Academic impact While she has translated over 50 books on biotech & psychology to popularize scientific knowledge, Hung has also visited about 1000 primary & secondary schools to promote reading habits. In addition to promoting greater access to scientific knowledge aside from her work in translation and education, Hung has also spoke at a numerous talks and lectures discussing her work.

Personal life Hung is married to Ovid Tzeng, a linguistics professor at the Linguistics Institute at Academia Sinica.