Jian Lin#
| Membership Number: | 6120 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CHINA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www2.whoi.edu/staff/jlin/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6831-2014 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 Scientist Emeritus, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), USA
- 2020 Chair Professor, Southern University of Science and Technology, China
- 2014 Distinguished Research Fellow, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Henry B. Bigelow Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, WHOI, USA
- 2009 Visiting Professor and Scientist, University of Strasbourg/Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, France
- 2005 Senior Scientist; Associate Scientist with Tenure (1996), WHOI, USA
- 1999 Visiting Professor and Scientist, University of Paris/CNRS, France
- 1991 Visiting Fellow, Southern California Earthquake Center, USA
- 1988 Assistant Scientist, WHOI; Faculty Member, MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, USA
- 1987 Visiting Scientist, US Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Mantle dynamics and crustal accretion
- Transform faults
- Oceanic lithosphere and plate boundaries
- Planetary geophysics and tectonics
- Earthquake stress interaction
- Mid-ocean ridges and ridge-hotspot interaction
- Computational geodynamics
- Subduction zones
- Tsunami simulation and warning
- Marine geophysics
Honours and Awards
- 2022 Member (Academician), Academia Europaea
- 2022 Grand Prize, Ocean Science and Technology Award, Chinese Society for Oceanography
- 2021 First Prize, Natural Science Award of Guangdong Province, China
- 2020 Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU), USA
- 2020 Top Ten Advances in Ocean Science and Technology, China
- 2018 Distinguished Lecturer, International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP), USA
- 2017 Distinguished Scholar, Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
- 2012 Distinguished Ocean Sciences Lecturer, Western Pacific AGU/Asia Oceania Geosciences Society
- 2009 Henry B. Bigelow Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, WHOI, USA
- 2009 Scientist Fellowship, French Ministry for Education and Research, France
- 2008 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2007 Elected Fellow, Geological Society of America (GSA)
- 2003 Most-Cited Paper & Top 20 Author in Earthquake Research, ISI Essential Science Indicators
- 1999 Scientist Fellowship, French Ministry for Education and Research, France
- 1992 Fellowship, NSF Southern California Earthquake Center, USA
- 1989 Charles E. Culpeper Young Scientist Award, Culpeper Foundation/WHOI, USA
- 1982 Guo Mo-Ruo Medal for Distinguished Academic Achievements, U. of Sci.-Tech. of China
