Professor Lin is interested in natural hazards and risk analysis. Her current research integrates science, engineering, and policy to study tropical cyclones and associated weather extremes, how they change with climate, and how their impact on society can be mitigated. Prior to Princeton University, she was a NOAA Climate and Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences at MIT for two years. Ning Lin received her B.S. from Huazhong University of Science and Technology (China), her M.S. from Texas Tech University, and her Ph.D. from Princeton University. She received a certificate in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy (STEP) from Princeton University.