Dr. Xiayan Lin is an associate professor and master’s supervisor at the College of Marine Science and Technology, Zhejiang Ocean University. She received her B.S. in Marine Science from Zhejiang Ocean University in 2009, her M.S. in Physical Oceanography from the South China Sea Institute of Oceanography, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2012, and her Ph.D. in Harbor, Coastal and Offshore Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2017. From 2012 to 2013, she worked as a research assistant at the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources. Her main research interest is physical oceanography.