Bárbara Fernández-Melleda is Assistant Professor in Latin American Studies at The University of Hong Kong. She has published articles on Gabriela Mistral, Elvira Hernández, Carmen Berenguer and Nadia Prado, among other Chilean poets. She was awarded the Early Career Scheme Grant by the Hong Kong University Grants Committee for her project The Fall of Neoliberalism in the Chilean Post-Dictatorship Novel (2000-2020). Her current research interests delve into Sino-Latin American diplomatic relations, especially through the lives and works of Chilean poets Pablo Neruda and Armando Uribe. In 2024, she received the General Research Fund award to begin her 3-year project entitled Pablo Neruda in China.