John Chun-Han Lin portrait
  • Professor, Atmospheric Sciences

Professional Service

  • European Union Integrated Carbon Observation System-Cities (ICOS-Cities). Science Advisory Board. 07/01/2022 - present
  • National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada . Geosciences Evaluation Group. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022
  • World Meteorological Organization . Integrated Global Greenhouse Gas Information System (IG3IS) Science Team member. 11/2018 - present
  • NASA. Proposal Review Panel. 10/12/2016 - 10/14/2016
  • NASA Carbon Monitoring System. Science Team Member. 09/2016 - present
  • North American Carbon Program, U.S. Global Change Research Program. Science Leadership Group. 05/2016 - 05/2021
  • American Geophysical Union. Session Chair. 12/01/2015 - 12/18/2015
  • NASA. NASA OCO-2 Science Team Member. 07/2012 - present
  • Nature Scientific Reports (Journal). Editorial Board Member. 01/01/2011 - 07/2017

Honors & Awards

  • Fellow of Earth Leadership Program (formerly the Leopold Leadership Program). Earth Leadership Program, 01/2021
  • Top Researcher Award. University of Utah, 04/05/2017
  • Ontario Early Researcher Award. Ontario Ministry of Environment, 04/2008
  • NOAA/UCAR Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Global Change. NOAA/UCAR, 05/2004
  • Harvard University Distinction in Teaching Award. Harvard University, 05/2002
  • NASA Earth System Science Fellowship. NASA, 09/1998

Internal Service

  • International Strategic Planning Committee . 09/2023 - present. University service.
  • Retention and Review Committee for Career-Line, Adjunct, and Visiting Faculty . 09/2023 - present. Department service.
  • College of Mines & Earth Sciences RPT Committee. 09/2023 - present. College service.
  • Wilkes Climate Cluster Faculty Search Committee. 09/2023 - 05/2024. College service.
  • Associate Director of Wilkes Center for Science Science & Policy. 07/01/2022 - present. College service.
  • College Representative to the Global Change and Sustainability Center Executive Committee. 08/01/2021 - 06/2023. College service.
  • Environmental Science Degree Program Planning Committee. 07/01/2021 - 05/2023. College service.
  • Chair of Department RPT Committee. 07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022. Department service.
  • University of Utah Academic Senate. 07/2020 - 06/2023. University service.
  • Director of Undergraduate Studies. 11/2018 - 06/2019. Department service.
  • Search Committee for IT Support Staff. Committee Member, 09/2018 - 04/2019. College service.
  • Working Group on Undergraduate Research. 08/2018 - 12/2018. College service.
  • Academic Senate committee on centers, institutes, and bureaus. committee member, 01/01/2018 - 12/31/2018. University service.
  • Global Change and Sustainability Center Strategic Planning Retreat. Participant, 09/22/2017 - 09/24/2017. University service.
  • Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Retreat Co-Organizer. 05/2017 - 08/08/2017. Department service.
  • Ad Hoc Committee for Graduate Qualifying Exam Review. 05/01/2015 - 10/31/2015. Department service.
  • Incheon Conference on Education for Sustainable Development Planning Committee. Committee Member, 09/01/2014 - 12/31/2014. University service.
  • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Representative for Univ. of Utah. 09/01/2013 - present. University service.
  • Global Change and Sustainability Center Postdoc Mentoring Program. Co-leader, 09/01/2013 - present. University service.
  • Curriculum Committee. 09/01/2013 - 08/2014. Department service.
  • Center for Quantitative Biology Board . Board Member, 04/01/2013 - 06/2014. University service.
  • Global Change and Sustainability Center Fellowship Selection Committee. 02/01/2013 - 04/15/2013. Other service.
  • Computer Committee. 08/01/2012 - 08/2014. Department service.
  • Computer Committee. 08/01/2012 - 08/2013. College service.
  • Global Change and Sustainability Center Seminar Committee. 08/01/2012 - 04/30/2013. Other service.

Community Partnership

  • Presentation to Rotary Club of Salt Lake City on Great Salt Lake. 12/2023 - 12/2023
  • Salt Lake City Sister City Visit by Matsumoto, Japan. Includes panel on climate change I moderated (https://wilkescenter.utah.edu/events/speakers/speaker-series/sister-cities-panel/). 07/2023 - 07/2023
  • Hosted multiple international visitors arranged by Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy and U.S. Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program . 11/2022 - present

Outreach

  • In Search of Blue Sky (https://ecoart.website/; collaboration with Prof. Wendy Wischer in the Art & Art History Department in the College of Fine Arts). 01/2023 - 02/2023
  • The Great Salt Lake Strike Team. 09/2022 - present
  • Artivism for Earth: https://artivism4earth.squarespace.com/breath. 04/22/2021 - 03/2022
  • Hawthorne Elementary School Google Street View demonstration (~200 K-6 students engaged). 05/24/2019 - 05/24/2019
  • Google Street View/Environmental Defense Fund Media Event, and College of Mines & Earth Sciences Outreach. 05/14/2019 - 05/14/2019
  • Salt Lake Center for Science Education Career Day. 04/05/2019 - 04/05/2019

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