Lin WAN

Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS

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Education

• Peking University
  Ph.D. in Probability and Mathematical Statistics (2009)
  

• Nanjing University
  B.Sc. in Physics (2003)
  

Research Experience

• Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, CAS
  Professor (2021.4-)
  Associate Professor (2014.3-2021.3)
  Assistant Professor (2011.8-2014.2)
  

• Center for System Biology Dresden, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
  ELBE Visiting Faculty Program (2025.8-2025.10)
  

• Mathematical Biosciences Institute, The Ohio State University
  Visiting Professor (2016.9-2016.12)
  

• Center of Excellence in Genomic Science, Molecular and Computational Biology Program, University of Southern California
  Postdoctoral Research Associate (2009-2012)
  

• Key Laboratory of Systems and Control, Institute of Systmes Science, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science
  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2009-2011)
  

• Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University
  Visiting Research Assistant (2007.2-2007.6)

• Center for Quantitative Biology, Peking University
  Research Assistant (2003-2009)
  

Grants

• Geometric and Topological Data Analysis: Theory, Methods and Applications to High-Dimensional and Heterogeneous Biological Data
  National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 12071466), PI, 2021-2024
  

• Modeling, Computation, and Synthesis of Biological/Biomedical Spatial-Temporal Data
  National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11571349), PI, 2016-2019
  

• The Mathematical Models and Methods of Gene Regulatory Networks for Next Generation Sequencing Data
  National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 11201460), PI, 2013-2015
  

• Complex Disease Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
  China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20090460551), PI, 2010-2011
  

Honors and Awards

• Best Paper Award (2019)
  The 17th Asia Pacific Bioinformatics Conference (APBC 2019)
  

• Early Career Award (2016)
  Mathematical Biosciences Institute (MBI)
  

• Member of the Youth Innovation Promotion Association (2016)
  Chinese Academy of Sciences
  

• Guan Zhao-Zhi Young Scholar Award (2014)
  Institute of Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  

• Exemplary Teaching Award (2014)
  Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences
  

• Best Poster Award (2008)
  The Third National Conference on Bioinformatics and System Biology of China
  

• Award for Science and Technology Progress in Chinese Medical Sciences (2007)
  China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
  

• People's Scholarship (2001)
  Nanjing University
  

Editorial Board

• Academic Editor, PLOS Computational Biology (2026-)
  

• Editorial Board Member, BMC Bioinformatics (2024-)
  

• Editorial Board Member, Journal of System Science and Mathematical Science Chinese Series (2019-)