Mingsen Lin received a Ph.D. degree in computing mathematics from the Computing Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 1992. He is currently the Chief Designer of the ground application system for the HY-1 and HY-2 satellites, where he organized the argument of the Chinese Ocean Satellite outline, and managed the construction of a ground application system for the Chinese Ocean Satellite with the National Satellite Ocean Application Service, Beijing. He is the Founder of satellite ocean remote sensing in China. He plays an important role in the development of Chinese Ocean Satellites and Manned Space Flight. His research interests include remote sensing of the ocean and computational fluid dynamics.