Yuan Lin is currently an associate professor at the School of Oceanography of Zhejiang University. He graduated from the South China University of Technology. He received his PhD from the Institute of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering of Zhejiang University. He was a Research Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, and the Keppel–NUS Joint Laboratory. He was a lecturer at the Ocean College of Zhejiang University. He is a reviewer for the Journal of Rheology, Physics of Fluids, Ocean Engineering, Journal of non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics, and other journals. His research directions include deep-sea exploration technology, fluid mechanics, etc.