Personal Particulars

Name: Zhenyang LIN
Sex: Male
Marital status: Married with two children
Nationality: Chinese

Education

Oct. 1978 - June 1982: B. Sc. Degree
Department of Applied Chemistry
China University of Geo-sciences
Wuhan, People's Republic of China

Oct. 1982 - July 1985:M. Sc. degree
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Fuzhou, Fujian, People's Republic of China
(Mentors: Professors Jiaxi Lu and Chunwan Liu)

Oct. 1986 - Nov. 1989: D. Phil degree
Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory
University of Oxford
(Mentor: Professor D. Michael P. Mingos)

Employment

Dec. 1989 - Aug. 1992: Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
(Mentor: Professor Michael B. Hall)

Sept. 1992 - Dec. 1993: Senior Research Associate
Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University
(Mentor: Professor Michael B. Hall)

Jan. 1994 - Dec. 1998: Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, HKUST

Jan. 1999 - June 2006: Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry, HKUST

July 2006 - June 2019: Professor
Department of Chemistry, HKUST

Jan. 2011 - Aug. 2018: Head
Department of Chemistry, HKUST

July 2019 - present: Chair Professor
Department of Chemistry, HKUST

Scholarships

Overseas Studentship from Chinese Academy of Sciences (1986-1989)
Overseas Research Student (ORS) Awards from UK (1987-1989)
Nuffield Scholar, St. Hugh's College, Oxford University (1988-1989)
Welch Postdoctoral Fellowship (1990-1993)

Professional Memberships and Services

Membership
American Chemical Society
Hong Kong International Chemical Sciences

Guest Professor
Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, CAS (1994-)
Guizhou University, Guizhou, PR China (2002-)
Xiamen University, Xiamen, PR China (2002-)
Nankai University, Tianjin, PR China (2004-2007)

Honorary Professor
University of Durham, England (2006-2011)

Associate Editor
Journal of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (2007-2012)

Editorial Board Member
Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry (1997-)
ACS Organometallics (2015-2017)
Scientific Reports (2015-)
Chinese Journal of Chemistry (2018-)