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Douglas N. C. Lin

{{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. 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, his PhD from the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge University, and performed postdoctoral research at both Harvard and Cambridge. In 1979 he took an Assistant Professorship at UCSC, and has remained there since. He is also the founding director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at 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, 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 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.

Awards

Articles

  • R. 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

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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 }}

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