Song Lin

Song Lin grew up in Tianjin, China. He obtained his B.S. degree from Peking University in 2008, where he carried out undergraduate research with Zhangjie Shi on Pd-catalyzed C–H alkylation. In 2008, he embarked his graduate studies at Harvard University working under the direction of Eric Jacobsen. His doctoral research was focused on the development and mechanistic understanding of enantioselective reactions catalyzed by multifunctional hydrogen-bond donors. Motivated by the deep interest in catalysis cultivated during his graduate studies, Song then carried out postdoctoral studies with Chris Chang at UC Berkeley. His postdoctoral research was focused on using molecularly tunable materials, such as covalent organic frameworks, as catalysts for electrochemical reduction of CO2. In the summer of 2016, Song moved to Ithaca to start his independent career at Cornell University, where he is currently a Howard Milstein Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Song has received several early career awards, including Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, Cottrell Scholar Award, ONR Young Investigator Award, Lilly Research Award, NSF CAREER Award, MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35, and 3M Nontenure Faculty Award. He has served on the Early Career Advisory Board of several journals including ACS Catalysis and Chemistry–A European Journal and is currently Treasurer of the Division of Organic and Biological Electrochemistry at the Electrochemical Society.