Jian Lin

B.S., University Sci-Tech of China, Geophysics, with Highest Distinction

Advances in Earth Sciences,

Science in China (Series D - Earth Sciences),

Earthquake Science,

Chair, Tectonophysics Spring Meeting Committee,

Maurice Ewing Medal Committee,

History of Geophysics Committee,

Chair, Tectonophysics Outstanding Student Paper Selection Committee,

AGU Index Committee,

Chair, Tectonophysics Meeting Committee, AGU 2006 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Beijing,

Advisory Board for the AGU Natural Hazards Focus Group,

Ocean Sciences Review Panel,

Committee on Polar Aerogeophysical Research Facility, Polar Program,

National Science Foundation of China, Geophysics Review Panel,

Steering Committee,

RIDGE Relevancy Review Panel,

RIDGE Post-doc Fellow Review Panel,

Steering Committee, Chair,

Steering Committee, Ad-hoc Member,

Chair, Hotspot-Ridge Interactions Working Group,

Chair, 4-D Architecture of Oceanic Lithosphere Working Group,

American Geophysical Union,

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society,

Geological Society of America,

American Association for the Advancement of Science,

Seismological Society of America,

International Professionals for Advancement of Chinese Earth Sciences (IPACES),

Woods Hole Diversity Advisory Committee [weblink], Member and Website Group Chair,

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Diversity Committee,

Advisory Committee, State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji Univ.,

Advisory Committee, Ocean Science Center of the China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association, Shanghai,

InterRidge Symposium, “Ridge Segmentation—Progress Towards Predictive Models” (w/ Searle & Sinton), Durham, UK

U.S. RIDGE Workshop, “Experimental Approaches to Ridge Segment Structure and Dynamics” (w/ Karson & Sinton), Boston, MA

InterRidge Workshop, “4-D Architecture of the Oceanic Lithosphere” (w/ Parson & Mevel), Boston, MA

IPACES Workshop, “Asian Tectonics: From Continents to Margins to Arcs” (w/ Feng & Chen), Shanghai, China

1st InterRidge Theoretical Institute, “The Thermal Regime of Oceanic Crust and Dynamics of Hydrothermal Circulation” (w/ German), Pavia, Italy

Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Workshop, “Seafloor Geodesy: Prospects and Challenges”, (w/ Hirth & McGuire), Woods Hole, MA

InterRidge Symposium/Workshop, “Ridge-Hotspot Interaction: Recent Progresses and Prospects for Enhanced International Collaboration”, (w/ Dyment), Brest, France

InterRidge Workshop, “Opportunities and Contributions of Asian Countries to InterRidge Next Decade Initiative”, (w/ Chen), Beijing, China

Summer Theoretical Institute, “International Advanced Research in Marine Geo-Biosciences”, (w/ Yang & Liu), Qingdao, China

Deep Ocean Exploration Institute Workshop, “Interactions between Tsunamis and Underwater Geological Processes”, (w/ Stephen, ten Brink, Jin, and Goodman), Woods Hole, MA

Elisabeth and Henry Morss Jr. Colloquium, “Lessons from the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami", (w/ Jin), Woods Hole, MA

Qingdao Ocean Sciences Summer School, "International Advances in Deep-Sea Marine Geo-Biological Research",

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

Tongji Ocean Sciences Summer Short Course: "Oceanic Lithosphere Evolution and Dynamics", Shanghai, China

Principal Advisor for MIT/WHOI Graduate Students:

Garrett Ito, Ph.D., 1996 (now Associate Professor, Univ. Hawaii)
Thesis: "Mantle plume-midocean ridge interaction: Geophysical observations and mantle dynamics"

Javier Escartin, Ph.D., 1996 (now Scientist, Univ. of Paris/CNRS, France)
Thesis: "Ridge segmentation, tectonic evolution, and rheology of slow-spreading oceanic crust"

Jennifer Georgen, Ph.D., 2001 (now Assistant Professor, Florida State Univ)
Thesis: "Interactions between mantle plumes and mid-ocean ridges: Constraints from geophysics, geochemistry, and geodynamical modeling"

Allegra Hosford Scheirer, Ph.D., 2001 (now Research Geophysicist, Stanford Univ.)
Thesis: "Crustal accretion and evolution at slow and ultra-slow spreading mid-ocean ridges"

Mark Behn, Ph.D., 2002 (now Associate Scientist, WHOI)
Thesis: "The evolution of lithospheric deformation and crustal structure from continental margins to oceanic spreading centers"

Emily Van Ark, Ph.D., 2007 (now Post-doc, MIT)
Thesis: "Seismic and gravitational studies of melting in the mantle's thermal boundary layers"

Patricia M. Gregg, Ph.D., 2008 (NSF Post-doc, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory)
Thesis: "The dynamics of oceanic transform faults: Constrains from geophysical, geochemical, and geodynamical modeling"

Research Paper Advisor for:

S.-M. Lee, Ph.D., 1994, MIT/WHOI (now Assistant Professor, Seoul National University, Korea)

A. Freed, Ph.D., 1997, Univ. Arizona (now Associate Professor, Purdue Univ.)

R. Katzman, Ph.D., 1997, MIT (deceased)

W. Shaw, Ph.D., 2000, MIT/WHOI (now at UC, Santa Barbara)

J. McGuire, Ph.D., 2000, MIT (now Associate Scientist, WHOI)

Z. Zhang, Ph.D., 2007, Peking Univ. (now Post-doc Researcher, Institute of Geology, China Seismological Bureau)

J. Zhu, Ph.D., Peking Univ., 2008 (now at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

R. Lataste, CNRS, Toulouse, France, 2003-2005

Supervisor/co-supervisor for WHOI Post-doc Fellows:

C. Ruppel, 1992-93 (now Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA)

T. Matsumoto, 1994-95 (now Professor, Ryukyu University, Japan)

B. West, 1997-98 (now Research Scientist, Exxon Research Center)

A. Li, 2000-02 (now Associate Professor, Houston Univ.)

J. Chaytor, 2006-09 (now Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Woods Hole, MA)

Advisor for WHOI Summer Student Fellows:

E. Smail, Albion College, 1998

K. Wallace, Brown Univ., 2000

G. Applebee, College of Charleston, 2006

R. Barkan, Tel Aviv Univ., Israel, 2007

Computational Geophysical Modeling (w/ Behn and Marchal)

Computational Geodynamics Modeling (w/ Zuber)

Advanced Marine Geophysics (w/ Tivey & Evans)

Seminar in Oceanic Faulting and Earthquakes (w/ Hirth & McGuire)

Mechanisms of Faulting and Earthquakes (w/ Hirth & McGuire)

Introduction to Marine Geophysics (substitution)