Yu-Chuan Lin received his BS (2000) and MS (2002) degrees from National Cheng Kung University (NCKU) and then conducted his Ph.D. study of catalytic partial oxidation at Kansas State University. After obtaining his Ph.D. degree (2006), Yu-Chuan did his postdoctoral stays at Academia Sinica (2006-07) and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst (2007-2008), both focusing on biomass conversion. In 2009, he served as an Assistant Professor at Yuan Ze University (Taiwan). He returned to NCKU (2014), where he was promoted to Associate Professor (2018) and to Professor (2022). Yu-Chuan’s research focuses on designing heterogeneous catalysts in pursuit of two thrusts: energy applications and waste utilization.

Yu-Chuan is currently serving as the Associate Editor of Discover Catalysis, Asia-Pacific Journal of Science and Technology, and Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, and the committee of Taiwan Catalysis Society (2019-), and the review committee of the National Science and Technology Council (2024-).