Education
Born in 1959 in Zhenhai County (now Zhenhai District), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University in 1981.
林芳华
Born in 1959 in Zhenhai County (now Zhenhai District), Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, he graduated from the Department of Mathematics of Zhejiang University in 1981.
He is currently the Silver Professor at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He applies rigorous analysis to nonlinear systems and is a leader in this field. Lin went to USA to pursue his further study in the Department of Mathematics, University of Minnesota, and obtained his PhD in 1985.
From Sept. 1985 to Aug. 1988, he was an instructor at the Courant Institute, New York University. Then he went to the University of Chicago, becoming a full professor there from Aug.
1988 till Aug 1989. In September 1989, he started his professorship at New York University. He was then awarded the Silver Professorship, Department of Mathematics, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. Lin did important work in Ginzburg–Landau theory.
1989–1991.
1989–1991, Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship 1989–1994, Presidential Young Investigator Award 1999, Ordway Chair Visiting Professor, University of Minnesota 2002, Bôcher Memorial Prize, by American Mathematical Society 2004, Shiing-shen Chern Prize 2004, Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2014, Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.
American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
