Education: Ph.D. - State University of New York at Stony Brook, August, 1995- Biological Oceanography M. S. - Xiamen University, P. R. China, 1987- Marine Biology B. S. - Xiamen University, P. R. China, 1984 - Marine Biology Profession: Professor, University of Connecticut, Marine Sciences (2009-) Associate Professor (tenured), University of Connecticut, Marine Sciences (2005-2009) Assistant Professor, University of Connecticut, Marine Sciences (August 1999-2005) Guest Professor, Xiamen University (2008-); South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2006-); Shanghai Ocean University (2005-) Visiting Professor, Stockholm University (April-May 2006) Visiting Professor, Scripps Institution of Oceanography (January-February 2006) Adjunct Assistant Professor, State University of New York, Stony Brook (March 1997-2001) Post-doc research associate, State University of New York, Stony Brook (August, 1995-March 1997) Courses Taught: Biological Oceanography (MARN360/260), Molecular Approaches to Biological Oceanography (MARN365/265), Marine Genomics (MARN298), Marine Phytoplankton Ecology and Physiology, (MARN331), Introduction to Oceanography (MARN170). Guest Professorship: Guest Professor, Xiamen University (2006-present) Guest Professor, The South China Sea Institution of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2005-present) Advisory Professor, Shanghai Fisheries University (April 2003-present) Invited review for Books: i) Algae; ii) Algal Culturing Techniques; iii) Algae: Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Biotechnology Publications: Invited Bookchapters: 1. Lin, S., Zhang, H. and Gray, M. W. 2008. RNA editing in dinoflagellates and its implications for the evolutionary history of the editing machinery. In: H. Smith (ed.), RNA and DNA editing: Molecular Mechanisms and Their Integration into Biological Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p280-309. 2. Lin, S. and Carpenter, E. J. 1999. Molecular ecology of marine Phytoplankton: A practical procedure. In: Xu, H. and Colwell, R. R. (eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Progress and Prospect of Marine Biotechnology (ISPPMB'98). China Ocean Press. 255-268. 3. Carpenter, E. J., Lin, S. and Chang, J. 1998. Phytoplankton growth studies by cell Cycle analysis. In: K. E. Cooksey [Ed.] Some Molecular Approaches to the Study of the Ocean. Chapman & Hall. p227-245.