Current Member
Min-Kai Lin
Funding provided by an anonymous donor
Affiliation
Natural Sciences
Field of study
Protoplanetary Disk Dynamics and Planet Formation
Home institution
Academia Sinica Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Website
Min-Kai Lin specializes in astrophysical fluid dynamics applied to planet formation and evolution. He will study how planets interact with turbulent protoplanetary disks.
Visits
Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees
University of Cambridge
Ph.D.
2012
University of Cambridge
M.Sc.
2008
University of Cambridge
B.A.
2008
Honors
2024
Outstanding Research Award, National Science and Technology Council
2023
Early-Career Investigator Research Achievement Award, Academia Sinica
2022
The Young Scholars' Creativity Award, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship
2021
Young Theoretical Scholar Award, National Center for Theoretical Sciences
2020
Outstanding Young Physicist, The Physical Society of Taiwan
Appointments
ASIAA
2026
Research Fellow
ASIAA
2021–2026
Associate Research Fellow
ASIAA
2016–2021
Assistant Research Fellow
University of Arizona
2014–2016
Steward Theory Fellow
Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
2011–2014
Postdoctoral Fellow