professor, chief physician, and doctoral supervisor of the West China School/Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, He holds key roles as Deputy Director of the State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases, Deputy Party Secretary of the West China School of Stomatology, Director of the Sichuan Province Oral Biomaterials Engineering Research Center, Vice Chair of the Research Management Committee of the Chinese Stomatological Association, Vice President of the Regenerative Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Equipment Association.

Prof. Lin's research focuses on the key theories and clinical applications of nucleic acid-based drugs, stem cell biology, and tissue regeneration. He has published over 259 SCI papers as the corresponding author in journals such as Nature Protocols, Advanced Materials, with more than 16,000 citations and an H-index of 69. Prof. Lin is the editor-in-chief of Bone Research and the executive editor-in-chief of Cell Proliferation. He has edited 9 English books and holds over 130 domestic and international patents, with more than 60 granted and 48 transferred, generating nearly 100 million RMB in revenue. Four of his innovative Class I drugs are currently in preclinical research.

Prof. Lin is a Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor, China’s Highly Cited Scholar, and Global Top 2% Scientist, He received the "Ten Thousand Talents Program," Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions in National Health, Leading Talent in Science and Technology by the Ministry of Science and Technology, and New Century Excellent Talent by the Ministry of Education, the IADR Outstanding Scientist Award (first from Mainland China), the China Youth Science and Technology Award, and several other prominent recognitions.