Jian Lin - Biography#

Prof. Lin is a world’s leading geophysicist. He received a BS (1982) in geophysics from U of Sci-Tech of China, and MS (1984) and PhD (1988) from Brown U, USA. He is a well-respected international leader in Europe and globally for extraordinary original research contributions, exceptional leadership in international collaborations, and exemplary mentoring of young scientists, many of them from Europe.

(1) Seminal Contributions to Ocean and Earth Sciences:

He has an extraordinary record of high-impact publications and discoveries. He has been appraised by distinguished international colleagues as “one of the top geophysicists in the world”; “has been an author of several of the most important and influential papers of the last decade in solid Earth geophysics”; “the range and number of his scientific contributions are truly impressive”; and “his record of contributions is a litany of milestones in marine tectonics and seismology”.

(2) Exceptional International Leadership:

He served, with the highest distinction, as Chair of the InterRidge program, expanding it to over 4,000 scientists globally. He co-led and participated in 22 expeditions to global oceans on the IODP, UK, France, US, China, Greece, Korea vessels, involving scientists from 30 nations. He co-developed the Coulomb 3 earthquake modeling software that has >5,000 global registered users, about 1/3 are European users.

(3) Exemplary Mentorship of Young Scientists:

He advised and mentored near 100 international PhDs and young scientists, many of them are from Europe and some have become young European science leaders. He has inspired a new generation of global young marine scientists through his infectious enthusiasm for science and exemplary role model of unselfishness in collaboration regardless of nationalities.