林间，国际著名海洋地球物理学家，对海洋地球科学与地震学作出卓越贡献。引领国际大洋合作，其原创性、系统性的发现奠定了学界对全球大洋中脊三维结构的认识基础。领导穿越全球海洋最深处—马里亚纳海沟挑战者深渊首次高精度地震实验，揭示了“地球第四极”下的内部结构。在大地震之间应力相互作用与地震触发研究领域作出开创性贡献，其一地震学成果，十年引用率全球第一。共同领导南海国际大洋钻探、深拖地磁与大地电磁等实验，成果入选“2019年度中国十大海洋科技进展”。共同领导首次发现西南印度洋深海热液喷口、实施首次北印度洋中巴联合考察等。当选美国地球物理联合会（AGU）会士、美国科学促进会（AAAS）会士、美国地质学会（GSA）会士、亨利-比奇洛杰出海洋学家讲座教授等。历任美国伍兹霍尔海洋研究所高级研究员、麻省理工学院/伍兹霍尔海洋研究所教授、中国科学院南海海洋所特聘研究员等。任国际大洋中脊InterRidge主席、美国科学院海啸委员会、国家基金委双清论坛主席、基金委重大研究计划集成组长、指导委员会等。
教育背景
1982，中国科学技术大学，地球物理学士，获郭沫若奖学金与奖章
1988，美国布朗大学，地球物理学博士；1984，地球物理学硕士
荣誉奖项
发表论著
1.TaoC.etal.,Deephigh-temperaturehydrothermalcirculationinadetachmentfaultingsystemontheultra-slowspreadingridge,NatureComm.,11,1300,2000.
2.Zhang,X.,J.Lin,M.D.Behn,MantleheterogeneityandmeltingprocessesintheSouthChinaSea:Thermalandmeltingmodelsconstrainedbyoceaniccrustalthicknessandbasaltgeochemistry,J.Geophys.Res.,inpress,2020.
3.Ding,M.,J.Lin,C.Gu,Q.Huang,andM.T.Zuber,VariationsinMartianlithosphericstrengthbasedongravity/topographyanalysis,J.Geophys.Res.,124,3095-3118,2019.
4.Lin,J.,Y.Xu,Z.Sun,andZ.Zhou,MantleupwellingbeneaththeSouthChinaSeaandlinkstosurroundingsubductionsystems,Nat.Sci.Rev.,6,877-881,2019.
5.Park,S.H.,etal.,AnisotopicallydistinctZealandia–AntarcticmantledomainintheSouthernOcean,NatureGeosci.,12,206-214,2019.
6.Wan,K.,J.Lin,etal.,DeepseismicstructureacrossthesouthernmostMarianaTrench:Implicationsforarcriftingandplatehydration,J.Geophys.Res.,124,4710-4727,2019.
7.Larsen,H.C.,etal.,RapidtransitionfromcontinentalbreakuptooceaniccrustatSouthChinaSeariftedmargin,NatureGeosci.,11,782-789,2018.
8.Zhang,F.,J.Lin,etal.,Intra-andinter-trenchvariationsinflexuralbendingoftheManila,Marianaandglobaltrenches,Geophys.J.Intl.,212,1429-1449,2018.
9.Zhou,Z.,andJ.Lin,Elasto-plasticdeformationandplateweakeningduetonormalfaultinginthesubductingplatealongtheMarianaTrench,Tectonophys.,734-735,59-68,2018.
10.Ding,M.,andJ.Lin,Deformationandfaultingofsubductionoverridingplatecausedbyasubductedseamount,Geophys.Res.Lett.,43,8936-8944,2016.
11.Zhang,F.,J.Lin,andW.Zhan,VariationsinoceanicplatebendingalongtheMarianatrench,EarthPlanet.Sci.Lett.,401,206-214,
12.Tao,C.,J.Lin,etal.,Firstactivehydrothermalventsonanultraslowspreadingcenter:SouthwestIndianRidge,Geology,40,47-50,2012.
13.Lin,J.,R.S.Stein,etal.,Stresstransferamongenechelonandopposingthrustandtearfaults:Triggeringcausedbythe2003Mw=6.9Zemmouri,Algeria,earthquake,J.Geophys.Res.,116,B03305,2011.
14.Gregg,P.M.,J.Lin,M.Behn,andL.G.J.Montesi,Spreadingratedependenceofgravityanomaliesalongoceanictransformfaults,Nature,448,183-187,2007.
15.Lin,J.,andR.S.Stein,Stresstriggeringinthrustandsubductionearthquakes,andstressinteractionbetweenthesouthernSanAndreasandnearbythrustandstrike-slipfaults,J.Geophys.Res.,109,B02303,2004.
16.Dick,H.J.B.,J.Lin,andH.Schouten,Anultraslow-spreadingclassofoceanridge,Nature,426,405-412,2003.
17.Freed,A.M.,andJ.Lin,Delayedtriggeringofthe1999HectorMineearthquakebyviscoelasticstresstransfer,Nature,411,180-183,2001.
18.Stein,R.S.,G.C.P.King,andJ.Lin,Stresstriggeringofthe1994Northridgeearthquakebyitspredecessors,Science,265,1432-1435,1994.
19.Stein,R.S.,G.C.P.King,andJ.Lin,ChangeinfailurestressonthesouthernSanAndreasfaultsystemcausedbythe1992M=7.4Landersearthquake,Science,256,1928-1932,1992.
20.Lin,J.,G.M.Purdy,H.Schouten,J.-C.Sempere,andC.Zervas,EvidencefromgravitydataforfocusedmagmaticaccretionalongtheMid-AtlanticRidge,Nature,344,627-632,1990.