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Department of Chemistry

Faculty

LIN, Jim Jr-Min


LIN, Jim Jr-Min
Professor (joint appointment)
Room 335/411, IAMS Building
Fax: +886-2-2362-0200
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Research Interest

  • Study unstable species in atmospheric chemistry with spectroscopy, photochemistry and molecular beam techniques.

  • Instrument design, building and improvement. 

  • Science education

Career and Service Experiences

  • BS 1992; MS 1994; PhD 1998, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University.

  • Academia Sinica Postdoctoral Fellow, 1998-2001.



  • Assistant Research Fellow, 2001-2006; Associate Research Fellow, 2006-2010; Research Fellow, 2010-present, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica.



  • Adjunct Professor, 2011-present, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University.

Honors and Awards

  • MOST Outstanding Research Award, 2015.

  • NSC Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, 2010.

  • Y. Z. Hsu Scientific Paper Award, 2010.

  • Broida Prize, 2009, The 30th International Symposium on Free Radicals.

Selected Publications

  1. Jim Jr-Min Lin, and Wen Chao, Structure-dependent reactivity of Criegee intermediates studies with spectroscopic methods, Soc. Rev., DOI:10.1039/c7cs00336f (2017).

  2. P. Chang, A. J. Merer, H. H. Chang, L. J. Chang, W. Chao, and J. J.-M. Lin, High resolution quantum cascade laser spectroscopy of the simplest Criegee intermediate, CH2OO, between 1273 cm1 and 1290 cm1, J. Chem. Phys., 146, 244302 (2017).

  3. Hao-Li Huang, Wen Chao, and Jim Jr-Min Lin, Kinetics of a Criegee intermediate that would survive high humidity and may oxidize atmospheric SO2, Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 112, 10857–10862 (2015).

  4. Wen Chao, Jun-Ting Hsieh, Chun-Hung Chang, Jim Jr-Min Lin, Direct kinetic measurement of the reaction of the simplest Criegee intermediate with water vapor, Science 347, 751 (2015).

  5. Wei-Lun Ting, Ying-Hsuan Chen, Wen Chao, Mica C. Smith and Jim J. Lin, The UV Absorption Spectrum of the Simplest Criegee Intermediate CH2OO,Chem.Chem.Phys., 16, 10438-10443 (2014).

  6. -Y. Chen, C.-Y. Lien, W.-Y. Lin,. Y. T. Lee, and J. J. Lin, UV Absorption Cross Sections of ClOOCl Are Consistent with Ozone Degradation Models, Science 324, 781 (2009).

  7. Yu-Ju Lu, Lance Lee, Jun-Wei Pan, Tingxian Xie, Henryk A. Witek and Jim Jr-Min Lin, Barrierless reactions between two closed-shell molecules. I. Dynamics of F2+CH3SCH3 reaction, Chem. Phys.  128, 104317 (2008).

Update: 2021-11-08