Dr. Yong-Jun Lin

Dr. Yong-Jun Lin is an Associate Research Fellow at the Center for Weather Climate and Disaster Research at National Taiwan University. With over 20 years of experience in water-related research, he specializes in a broad range of topics, including water resources, hydrology, hydraulics, sediment modeling, urban drainage, flood forecasting and early warning systems, flood wargaming, flood potential mapping, resilient communities, and the impacts of climate change on critical infrastructure. His expertise also extends to prediction, hazard impact assessment, risk analysis, sustainability of water-related disasters, and developing mitigation and resilience strategies. Dr. Lin earned his Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University in 2000. He has contributed to over 50 research projects and published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and 40 peer-reviewed conference papers. He also serves as an expert on disaster prevention education for the Ministry of Education in Taiwan. 2014 he received the Best Paper Award from the Journal of Taiwan Agricultural Engineering. His notable accomplishments include developing a cloud-based 2D flooding platform, a flash flood warning system, and a 3D GIS-based wargame system. He also holds a patent for an overland flow model.