Lin Lin is the Judge Shirley Hufstedler Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences at the California Institute of Technology. He is also a Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, and a Senior Faculty Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. His research focuses on developing classical and quantum computational methods for solving quantum many-body problems, with applications in quantum chemistry, quantum physics, materials science, and quantum information science.<br><br>

Lin is a recipient of the Sloan Fellowship, the National Science Foundation CAREER Award, the Department of Energy Early Career Award, the SIAM Computational Science and Engineering Early Career Award (inaugural), the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the ACM Gordon Bell Prize (Team), and the APS Outstanding Referee Award. He is a Simons Investigator in Mathematics, a SIAM Fellow, and an invited speaker at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians.