Prof. Dr. Chun-Liang Lin currently works at the Department of Nephrology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital. He obtained a Bachelor of Medicine at the Chung-Shan Medical College and a Ph.D. at the Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, Chang Gung University. His research interests are 1. Diabetic Nephropathy (DN); 2. Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD); 3. Translational research in DN and CKD; 4. Clinical trial in CKD and DN. He received the Research Outstanding Award, Taiwan Society of Nephrology and AMA Excellent Review Committee Certification Award in 2006, the Research Outstanding Award in 2009, and the Outstanding Young Investigator at the 9th IDF-WPR Congress in 2012.