Yunung Nina Lin
Office: +1 626 395 2479
Add: MC100-23, 1200 E California Blvd, Pasadena, CA91125

EDUCATION

California Institute of Technology
PhD candidate in Geology, 2009 – present
Degree expected: December 2012

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Visiting scientist, 2007

National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Research staff, 2005-2006
Master of Science in Geology, 2005
Bachelor of Arts in Sociology, 2003

WORK EXPERIENCE

Chinese Petroleum Corporation, Taiwan
Exploration and production analyst, 2007
- Basin analysis on exploration areas in the Pacific and in North Africa
Structural Geologist Intern, 2003-2006
- Balance cross-section and back-stripping analysis of forearc basins in Taiwan

GeoForce Technologies, Taiwan
Assistant Geophysicist and Customer Service Intern, 2004
- Assisted forearc basin analysis by using GeoSec2D, GeoSec3D and GeoDepth (exploration softwares)

RESEARCH INTEREST

Technical Focus
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) and GPS data processing, time-series analysis, InSAR atmospheric correction, InSAR pixel-tracking, optical imagery cross-correlation, geographic information system (GIS), full Bayesian (Monte-Carlo) method, optimization method, finite element model

Geoscience Focus
Elastic deformation associated with seismic cycles, anelastic forearc deformation, magmatic activities, neotectonics, submarine landslides and tsunami hazards

AWARDS

HSBC Award
Chinese-American Engineers and Scientists Association of Southern Californian (CESASC), 2011

Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of America
Phi Tau Phi Foundation, 2009

Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Named Grant
American Association of Petroleum Geologists Foundation, 2009

Conoco Graduate Fellowship
Caltech, 2007-2008

Taiwan Merit Award
Ministry of Education, Taiwan, 2007

TEACHING

California Institute of Technology
Introduction to Structural Geology, 2011-2012 [course website]

California Institute of Technology
Earth and Environment, 2009-2011 [course website]

Nanyang Technological University
Natural Disaster Assessment, 2007

National Taiwan University
Metamorphic Rocks Field Camp, 2007
Sedimentary Rocks Field Camp, 2003-2006
Geologic Hazard Assessment, 2003-2004

COMMUNITY

Science Outreach
Gave geology talks in science fairs and classrooms at local elementary schools, guided division tours and talked about researches at Caltech for visiting students and teachers, hosted elementary students and their parents at Caltech’s Science Saturday, 2008 - present

Student-run Symposiums and Events
Zilchbrau (Caltech) co-organizer, 2008
Geoclub committee member (Caltech), 2009

PUBLICATION

Hetland, E., P. Muse, M. Simons, Y. N. Lin, P. S. Agram, and C. J. DiCaprio (2011), Multi-scale InSAR Time Series (MInTS) analysis of surface deformation, Journal of Geophysical Research, in review.

Lin, Y. N., A. P. Kositsky, and J.‐P. Avouac (2010), PCAIM joint inversion of InSAR and ground‐based geodetic time series: Application to monitoring magmatic inflation beneath the Long Valley Caldera, Geophysical Research Letters, 37, L23301, doi:10.1029/2010GL045769.

Lin, Y. N., M. Simons, E. A. Hetland, P. Muse, and C. DiCaprio (2010), A multiscale approach to estimating topographically correlated propagation delays in radar interferograms, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 11, Q09002, doi:10.1029/2010GC003228.

Lin, Y. N., K. Sieh, and J. Stock (2010), Submarine landslides along the Malacca Strait‐Mergui Basin shelf margin: Insights from sequence‐stratigraphic analysis, Journal of Geophysical Research, 115, B12102, doi:10.1029/2009JB007050.

Megawati, K, F. Shaw, K. Sieh, Z. Huang, T.-R. Wu, Y.N. Lin, S. K. Tan, and T.-C. Pan (2009) Tsunami hazard from the subduction megathrust of the South China Sea: Part I. Source characterization and the resulting tsunami. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 36, 13-20.

Ota, Y., Y. N. Lin, Y.-G. Chen, N. Matsuta, T. Watanuki and Y.-W. Chen (2009) Touhuanping Fault, an active wrench fault within fold-and-thrust belt in northwestern Taiwan, documented by spatial analysis of fluvial terraces. Tectonophysics, 474, 559-570.

Ota, Y., T. Azuma and Y. N. Lin (2009) Application of INQUA Environmental Seismic Intensity Scale to recent earthquakes in Japan and Taiwan. Geological Society of London Special Publications, 316, 55-71.

Chen, Y.G., K.Y. Lai, Y.H. Lee, J. Suppe, W.S. Chen, Y. N. Lin, Y. Wang, and J.H. Hung, (2007) Coseismic fold scarps and their kinematic behavior in the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake Taiwan. Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B03S02, doi: 10.1029/2006JB004388

Chen, Y.-G., J.-H.Hung, K.-Y. Lai, Y.N. Lin, T. Wilcox and K. Mueller (2007) River terrace development in response to folding above active wedge thrusts in Houli, Central Taiwan, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 31, 240-250

Ota, Y., Y.N. Lin, Y.G. Chen, and H.C. Chang (2006) The Tunglo Active Fault System as deduced from deformed terraces, central Taiwan. Tectonophysics, 417, 305-323.