Resume
Jian LinSenior Scientist |
| EDUCATION | ||
| Ph.D., Brown University, Geophysics |
1988
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| M.S., Brown University, Geophysics |
1984
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| B.S., University Sci-Tech of China, Geophysics, with Highest Distinction |
1982
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| PROFESSIONAL HISTORY | ||
| Chair, InterRidge Program Office and Steering Committee (InterRidge coordinates and promotes international, multi-disciplinary research of deep-sea geological, hydrothermal, and biological processes at global mid-ocean ridges. Its program office is hosted at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA, in 2007-2009.) http://www.interridge.org |
2007-2009
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| Faculty Chair, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Summer Student Fellow/Minority Fellow Program |
2005-2007
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| Tenured Scientist Executive Committee, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Member |
2004-2007
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Senior Scientist, |
Present-
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| MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, Joint Committee in Marine Geology Geophysics, Member, |
2002-2006
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| Institut de Physique du Globe de Strasbourg, France, Visiting Professor and Scientist, |
2009
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| Univ. of Paris CNRS, France, Visiting Professor and Scientist, |
1999
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Associate Scientist Tenured, |
1996
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Associate Scientist, |
1992-1996
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| Southern California Earthquake Center, Visiting Fellow, |
1991-1992
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Assistant Scientist, |
1988-1992
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| U. S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park CA, Visiting Scientist, |
1987-
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| HONORS AWARDS | ||
| Guo Mo-Ruo Medal for Distinguished Academic Achievements, Univ. Sci-Tech of China, |
1982
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| Charles E. Culpeper Young Scientist Award, Culpeper Foundation/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
1989
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| Fellowship, NSF Southern California Earthquake Center, |
1992
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| Faculty Co-author, Ruth Paul Fye Best Student Paper Award w/ student G. Ito, MIT/WHOI, |
1996
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| Faculty Co-author, Outstanding Student Paper Award w/ student G. Ito, 1995; w/ student M. Behn, 2000; w/ student E. Van Ark, 2002, w/ student Yen Joe Tan, 2013, American Geophysical Union |
2013
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| Scientist Fellowship, French Ministry for Education and Research, |
1999, 2009
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| Top Author/Top Paper in Earthquake Research, 1993-2003, ISI Essential Science Indicators http://www.esi-topics.com/earthquakes/interviews/JianLin.html |
2003
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| Elected Fellow of Geological Society of America |
2007
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| Elected Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
2008
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| Awarded Henry Bryant Bigelow Chair for Excellence in Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
2009
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| Delivered Distinguished Ocean Sciences Lecture, AOGS-Western Pacific AGU Joint Assembly, Singapore |
2012
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| IODP Ocean Discovery Distinguished Lecturer |
2016-2017
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| Distinguished Scholar Scheme, CUHK, Hong Kong |
2017
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| Elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union |
2020
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| PROFESSIONAL ENGAGEMENT | ||
| Associate Editor-in-Chief, Acta Oceanogica Sinica |
2016-
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| Editorial Advisory Board, EOS, Transections of American Geophysical Union, |
2013-
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| Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, |
2017-; 1992-1994
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| Editor, AGU Geophysical Monograph 148, Mid-Ocean Ridges: Hydrothermal Interactions Between the Lithosphere and Oceans, |
2003-2004
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| Senior Guest Editor, Deep-Sea Research II, |
2005-2006
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| Invited Editor, Chinese Science Bulletin (CSB), |
2003-2004
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| Editorial Board, | ||
| Advances in Earth Sciences, |
2008-2009
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| Science in China (Series D - Earth Sciences), |
2008-
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| Earthquake Science, |
2008-
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| National Science Review, |
2013-
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| Theme Editor, Geophysics, Geochemistry, Geosystems (G3), |
2009-
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| American Geophysical Union | ||
| Chair, Tectonophysics Spring Meeting Committee, |
1992-1993
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| Maurice Ewing Medal Committee, |
1996-1998
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| History of Geophysics Committee, |
1999-2000
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| Chair, Tectonophysics Outstanding Student Paper Selection Committee, |
2000
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| AGU Index Committee, |
2003-2006
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| Chair, Tectonophysics Meeting Committee, AGU 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing, |
2005-2006
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| Advisory Board for the AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group, |
2011-
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| National Research Council/National Academies Committee, Review of the Tsunami Warning and Forecast System and Overview of the Nation's Tsunami Preparedness, |
2008-2010
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| National Science Foundation | ||
| Ocean Sciences Review Panel, |
1995-1996
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| Committee on Polar Aerogeophysical Research Facility, Polar Program, |
1996-1998
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| National Science Foundation of China, Geophysics Review Panel, |
2006
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| National Science Foundation of China, South China Sea Deep Science Program Review Panel, |
2011-
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| U.S. RIDGE (Ridge Inter-Disciplinary Global Experiments) Program | ||
| Steering Committee, |
1995-1999
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| RIDGE Relevancy Review Panel, |
1996
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| RIDGE Post-doc Fellow Review Panel, |
1998
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| InterRidge (Initiative for International Cooperation in Ocean Ridge Research) Program | ||
| Steering Committee, Chair, |
2007-2009
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| Steering Committee, Ad-hoc Member, |
1999-2004
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| Co-chair, Circum-Antarctic Ridges Working Group, |
2012-
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| Chair, Hotspot-Ridge Interactions Working Group, |
2000-
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| Chair, 4-D Architecture of Oceanic Lithosphere Working Group, |
1998-1999
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| Ocean Drilling Program, Tectonics Review Panel, Liaison to Lithosphere Panel |
1994-1996
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| U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program Review Panel, |
1993
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| Southern California Earthquake Center, |
1991-1998
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| International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS)/UNESCO, Year of the Planet Earth 2005-07 Initiative, Ocean Science Task Team |
2004
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| Sea Education Association |
Overseer, 2010-2011
Trustee, 2011-
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| Professional Societies | ||
| American Geophysical Union, |
1982-
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| Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, |
1986-
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| Geological Society of America, |
1992-
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| American Association for the Advancement of Science, |
1994-
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| Seismological Society of America, |
2000-
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| Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, |
2008-
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| International Professionals for Advancement of Chinese Earth Sciences (IPACES), |
Associate Chair, 2002-2003
Chair, 2003-2004 |
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| Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee [weblink], Member and Website Group Chair, |
2004-
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| Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Diversity Committee, |
Co-chair, 2010
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| Advisory Committee, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji Univ., |
2005-
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| Advisory Committee, Ocean Science Center of the China Ocean Mineral Resources RD Association, Shanghai, |
2008-
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| Advisory Committee, Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, |
2012-
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| Convener/Co-convener | ||
| InterRidge Symposium, “Ridge Segmentation—Progress Towards Predictive Models” (w/ Searle Sinton), Durham, UK |
1993
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| U.S. RIDGE Workshop, “Experimental Approaches to Ridge Segment Structure and Dynamics” (w/ Karson Sinton), Boston, MA |
1994
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| InterRidge Workshop, “4-D Architecture of the Oceanic Lithosphere” (w/ Parson Mevel), Boston, MA |
1994
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| IPACES Workshop, “Asian Tectonics: From Continents to Margins to Arcs” (w/ Feng Chen), Shanghai, China |
2002
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| 1st InterRidge Theoretical Institute, “The Thermal Regime of Oceanic Crust and Dynamics of Hydrothermal Circulation” (w/ German), Pavia, Italy |
2002
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| Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Workshop, “Seafloor Geodesy: Prospects and Challenges”, (w/ Hirth McGuire), Woods Hole, MA |
2002
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| InterRidge Symposium/Workshop, “Ridge-Hotspot Interaction: Recent Progresses and Prospects for Enhanced International Collaboration”, (w/ Dyment), Brest, France |
2003
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| InterRidge Workshop, “Opportunities and Contributions of Asian Countries to InterRidge Next Decade Initiative”, (w/ Chen), Beijing, China |
2003
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| Summer Theoretical Institute, “International Advanced Research in Marine Geo-Biosciences”, (w/ Yang Liu), Qingdao, China |
2004
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| Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Workshop, “Interactions between Tsunamis and Underwater Geological Processes”, (w/ Stephen, ten Brink, Jin, and Goodman), Woods Hole, MA |
2006
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| Elisabeth and Henry Morss Jr. Colloquium, “Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami", (w/ Jin), Woods Hole, MA |
2006
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| Qingdao Ocean Sciences Summer School, "International Advances in Deep-Sea Marine Geo-Biological Research", |
2008
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| InterRidge Science and Policy Workshop, "Deep-Sea Mining of Seafloor Massive Sulfides: A Realty for Science and Society in the 21st Century", Woods Hole, MA |
2009
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| Tongji Ocean Sciences Summer Short Course: "Oceanic Lithosphere Evolution and Dynamics", Shanghai, China |
2010
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| Second International Ocean Sciences Summer School Ph.D. Forum, "Multidisciplinary Research of Geo-Bio-Chemical Interactions in the Ocean and at the Seafloor" |
2011
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| 3rd International Ocean Sciences Summer School, Guangzhou, China |
2015
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| 3rd InterRidge Theoretical Institute: "Magmatic and Tectonic Processes of Mid-Ocean Ridges”", Hangzhou, China |
2015
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| International Workshop on Circum-Antarctic Ridges, Incheon, Korea |
2015
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| Working Group on Tectonics and Volcanism: "South China Sea Deep Science Program" |
2015
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| International Workshop on "Himalaya and South China Sea Tectonics", Beijing, |
2016
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| IODP Workshop on "Tectonic Evolution from Continental Rifting to Seafloor Spreading, South China Sea", Shanghai |
2017
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| International Symposium on "Multi-disciplinary Science of the Northern Indian Ocean", Karachi, Pakistan |
2018
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| First International Symposium on "Indian Ocean Earth Sciences", Guangzhou |
2019
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| OCEANOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS | ||
| Shipboard Geophysicist, SEABEAM mapping, gravity, and magnetics of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, R/V Conrad, |
1989
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| Shipboard Geophysicist, TOBI sonar and rock dredging of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, British RRS Darwin, |
1992
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| Co-principal Investigator, Hydrosweep mapping, HMR1 sonar, gravity, and magnetics of the western flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, R/V Ewing, |
1992
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| Co-chief Scientist, Hydrosweep, HMR1, gravity, and magnetics of the eastern flank of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, R/V Ewing, |
1996
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| Co-chief Scientist, Ocean bottom seismic refraction and multi-channel reflection experiments on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, R/V Ewing, |
1996
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| Shipboard Geophysicist, SIMRAD mapping and rock dredging of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of Azores, French R/V L’Atalante, |
1998
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| Geophysicist and Logging Scientist, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 184, South China Sea tectonics and links to East Asian monsoon, R/V JOIDES Resolution, |
1999
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| Co-chief Scientist, Rock dredging, SEABEAM mapping, gravity, and magnetics of the Southwest Indian Ridge, R/V Knorr, |
2000/2001
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| Co-chief Scientist, Rock dredging and geophysical survey of the Southwest Indian Ridge, R/V Melville |
2003
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| US Chief Scientist, Deep-towed geological mapping and water column survey of hydrothermal vents at the East Pacific Rise , R/V DaYangYiHao (Ocean #1) |
2005
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| US Chief Scientist, Deep-towed geological mapping and water column survey of hydrothermal vents at the Southwest Indian Ridge and coring of sediments in the 2004 mega-earthquake and tsunami region off Sumatra, Indonesia, R/V DaYangYiHao (Ocean #1) [Interviews: A 'Book' of Ancient Sumatran Tsunamis. Worlds Apart, But United by the Oceans. Uncharted Territory] |
2005/2006
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| Lead US Co-PI and Coordinator, High-resolution geological mapping, near-bottom photography, and water column survey of hydrothermal vents at the Southwest Indian Ridge using WHOI's autonomous underwater vehicle ABE (Autonomous Benthic Explorer) and geological sampling using TV-guided graber, R/V DaYangYiHao [ Interviews: Scientists Discover First Seafloor Vents on Ultraslow-Spreading Ridges, A Ridge Too Slow |
2007
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| Lead US Co-PI and Coordinator, Investigation of seafloor geology and hydrothermal vents at the equatorial East Pacific Rise and western Galapagos Spreading Center using WHOI's autonomous underwater vehicle ABE, R/V DaYangYiHao, |
2008
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| Geophysicist, Investigation of the aftershocks of the 27 Feb. 2010 magnitude 8.8 Chile earthquake using ocean bottom seismometers, F/V Gardar, |
2010
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| Geophysicist, Investigation of marine geophysics, geochemistry, and hydrothermal vents of the Southeast Indian Ridge, Korean icebreaker R/V Aaron, |
2011
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| Co-principle Investigator, First deep-tow magnetic survey of the South China Sea, R/V HaiYangLiuHao (Ocean #6), |
2012
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| Co-Chief Scientist, Investigation of underwater earthquake faults and marine archeological sites, Aegean Sea, off Crete, Greece, T/V Theni, |
2013
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| Co-Chief Scientist, IODP Expedition 349, South China Sea tectonics: Opening of the South China Sea and its implications for southeast Asian tectonics, climates, and deep mantle processes since the late Mesozoic, R/V JOIDES Resolution, |
2014
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| Co-Principal Proponent and Petrophysicist, IODP Expedition 368, South China Sea Rifted Margin, R/V JOIDES Resolution, |
2017
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| Chief Scientist, Seismic and multidisciplinary investigation of Makran margin, northern Indian Ocean, R/V Shiyan3 |
2018
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| Co-Principal Proponent and Petrophysicist, IODP Expedition 368X, Return to Hole U1503, South China Sea Rifted Margin, R/V JOIDES Resolution |
2018
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| EARTHQUAKES INVESTIGATED | ||
| Geodetic modeling of crustal deformation caused by the 1987 Whittier Narrows, California, and 1954 Fairview Peak-Dixie Valley, Nevada, earthquakes (work conducted at USGS) | ||
| Investigation of viscoelastic and static stress changes caused by the 1857 Fort Tejon, San Andreas, 1957 Gobi, Mongolia, 1960 Chile, 1972 San Fernando, 1983 Coalinga, 1985 Kettleman Hills, 1992 Landers, 1994 Northridge, 1995 Chile, 1999 Hector Mine, 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, 2003 San Simeon, California, 2003 Zemmouri, Algeria, 2008 Wenchuan, China, 2010 Haiti, 2010 Chile earthquakes, and 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami (work conducted at USGS and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) Fragmented Structure of Seafloor Faults May Dampen Effects of Earthquakes |
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| Investigation of earthquakes on oceanic transform faults and mid-ocean ridges in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans (work conducted at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) | ||
| Coulomb 3, a graphic-rich software of calculating deformation and stress change for earthquake, tectonic, and volcano research and teaching. | ||