# Douglas N. C. Lin > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Douglas_N._C._Lin > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Douglas_N._C._Lin.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_N._C._Lin > Source revision: 1357002293 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|Professor of astronomy and astrophysics}} '''Douglas N. C. Lin''' (born May 7, 1949) is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the [University of California, Santa Cruz](/source/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Cruz). He was born in New York and grew up in Beijing.{{Cite web | url=http://news.ucsc.edu/2007/05/1267.html |title = UCSC astronomer Douglas Lin appointed director of Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics in China}} He earned his BSc from [McGill University](/source/McGill_University), his PhD from the Institute of Astronomy, [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University), and performed postdoctoral research at both [Harvard](/source/Harvard) and Cambridge. In 1979 he took an Assistant Professorship at [UCSC](/source/University_of_California%2C_Santa_Cruz), and has remained there since. He is also the founding director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at [Peking University](/source/Peking_University).[http://www.astro.ucsc.edu/about_department/people/singleton.php?&singleton=true&cruz_id=dnlin Douglas N. C. Lin] Douglas Lin's principal research interests are in the origin of the [Solar System](/source/Solar_System), star formation, astrophysical fluid dynamics, dynamics of stellar clusters, structure of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and galaxy formation.[http://www.ucolick.org/~board/faculty/lin.html Dr. Douglas N. C. Lin] As a mark of respect to his long history of contribution within astronomy, in 2009 [Monash University](/source/Monash_University) held a symposium titled "Evolution of Planetary and Stellar Systems" (nicknamed "Linfest") in his honour.{{Cite web |url=http://users.monash.edu.au/~ro/LinFest/ |title=Dynamical Interactions with DNC Lin |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928011113/http://users.monash.edu.au/~ro/LinFest/ |archive-date=2015-09-28 |url-status=dead }} He also sits on the selection committee for the Astronomy award, given under the auspices of the [Shaw Prize](/source/Shaw_Prize). ==Awards== *[Guggenheim Fellow](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowship) *[Otto Schmidt Medal](/source/Otto_Schmidt) *[von Humboldt Fellow](/source/Alexander_von_Humboldt) *[Sackler Prize](/source/Sackler_Prize) *[LExEN Award](/source/LExEN) given by the [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation)[http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/1997-10/NSF-LOLO-151097.php Habitable Planets and Satellites in the Outer Solar System] *Member of selection committee from the [Shaw Prize](/source/Shaw_Prize)[http://img.tvb.com/shawprize/upload/en/20120917-booklet.pdf Professor Douglas N C Lin Astronomy Committee] *Member of [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences) *Founding director, [Kavli](/source/Kavli) Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics *[Brouwer Award](/source/Brouwer_Award) (2014) *[Bruce Medal](/source/Bruce_Medal) (2015) *Elected [Fellow of the Royal Society](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_Society) (2026){{Cite web |date=2026-05-27|title=Exceptional scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society|url=https://royalsociety.org/news/2026/05/new-fellows-announcement-2026/|access-date=2026-05-31|website=Royal Society|language=en}} ==Articles== *[R. Spurzem](/source/Rainer_Spurzem), D. N. C. Lin. ''Orbit Evolution of Planetary Systems in Stellar Clusters''[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234534167_Orbit_Evolution_of_Planetary_Systems_in_Stellar_Clusters?ev=sim_pub Orbit Evolution of Planetary Systems in Stellar Clusters] *Ji-Lin Zhou and Douglas N. C. Lina. ''Migration and Final Location of Hot Super Earths in the Presence of Gas Giants''[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1864512 Migration and Final Location of Hot Super Earths in the Presence of Gas Giants] *Douglas N.C. Lin and Ian Dobbs-Dixon. ''Diversity of close-in planets and the interactions with their host stars''[http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=1864272 Diversity of close-in planets and the interactions with their host stars] *James Guillochon, Enrico Ramirez-Ruiz, Douglas N. C. Lin. ''Consequences of the Disruption and Ejection of Giant Planets''[http://astrocrash.net/projects/giant-planet-disruption/ Consequences of the Disruption and Ejection of Giant Planets] ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *At Long Last, a New Sun With a Family of Planets[https://www.nytimes.com/1999/04/16/us/at-long-last-a-new-sun-with-a-family-of-planets.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm At Long Last, a New Sun With a Family of Planets] *Found: 2 Planetary Systems. Result: Astronomers Stunned.[https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/10/us/found-2-planetary-systems-result-astronomers-stunned.html Found: 2 Planetary Systems. Result: Astronomers Stunned] *Linfest{{Cite web |url=http://users.monash.edu.au/~ro/LinFest/abstracts.htm |title=Abstracts |access-date=2013-03-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303171435/http://users.monash.edu.au/~ro/LinFest/abstracts.htm |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Douglas N. C.}} Category:1949 births Category:Living people Category:McGill University alumni Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:University of California, Santa Cruz faculty Category:American planetary scientists --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Douglas N. C. Lin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_N._C._Lin) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_N._C._Lin?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.