Dr. Zhisheng (Edward) Wen is Professor of Applied Linguistics in the Department of English at the Hong Kong Shue Yan University, having worked for over 20 years across the Greater Bay Area of China (Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macau). He has broad teaching and research interests in exploring the roles of working memory and aptitude in language learning and cognition. Dr. Wen has authored “Working memory and second language learning” (2016, Multilingual Matters) and edited volumes on “Working memory in second language acquisition and processing” (2015, Multilingual Matters), “The Cambridge handbook of working memory and language” (CUP, 2022, with Schwieter) and "Memory in science for society: There is nothing as practical as a good theory" (OUP, 2023, with Logie, Gathercole, Cowan & Engle), "Language aptitue theory and practice" (CUP, 2023), "Individual differences in second language acquisition" (De Gruyter, 2023). He currently serves as Editor-in-Chief (with Kata Csizér and Alastair Henry) of the Journal for the Psychology of Language Learning (JPLL).