Douglas N. C. Lin (born May 7, 1949) is professor of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
He is also the founding director of the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University.
[2] Douglas Lin's principal research interests are in the origin of the solar system, star formation, astrophysical fluid dynamics, dynamics of stellar clusters, structure of galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and galaxy formation.
[3] As a mark of respect to his long history of contribution within astronomy, the Monash University recently held a Symposium titled Evolution of Planetary and Stellar Systems (nicknamed Linfest) in his honour.
[4] He also sits on the selection committee for the Astronomy award, given under the auspices of the Shaw Prize.