Albert Lin

Albert Lin (born March 22, 1981) is an American scientist, technologist, explorer, and television host. Since 2009, Lin has been an associate research scientist at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC San Diego.https://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release/2955 Since 2004, he has served as an advisory board member of Harvard Business School’s Digital Initiative.https://digital.hbs.edu/people/albert-yu-min-lin-ph-d/ He founded the crowd-based analytics company Tomnod, which was acquired in 2011 by commercial satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe.https://www.techinasia.com/albert-lin-explorer-entrepreneur-interview He is the founding director of UC San Diego’s Center for Human Frontiers, which aims to harness technology to augment human potential.https://chf.ucsd.edu/team/albert-lin/
Lin first gained attention in 2009 for utilizing a combination of satellites, drones, geophysics, and intensive ground exploration to search for the missing tomb of Genghis Khan.https://www.nationalgeographic.com/impact/article/albert-lin For his work on the Valley of the Khans project, Lin was named National Geographic’s Adventurer of the Year for 2009.https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/albert-yu-min-lin
Lin has hosted a number of television specials for National Geographic chronicling his expeditions, including Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan (2011), China’s Megatomb Revealed (2016), Lost Treasures of the Maya (2018), and Buried Secrets of the Bible (2019). Since 2019, he has hosted the National Geographic series Lost Cities with Albert Lin, which currently airs on Disney+.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4983752/ Lin most recently featured in the Will Smith-hosted Disney+ docuseries Welcome to Earth (2021). Lin's distinct style of expedition, relying primarily on non-invasive technologies, permits intensive inquiry while respecting the land and traditions of indigenous peoples. 
He is the youngest-ever recipient of both the Nevada Medal and the Lowell Thomas Medal.https://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diego_alumnus_and_research_scientist_honored_with_dri_nevada_medalhttps://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/archive/newsrel/awards/2011_10explorersclub.asp Since 2010, Lin has been a National Geographic Explorer.https://www.nationalgeographic.org/find-explorers/albert-yu-min-lin
==Education==
Lin earned his BS and M.Sci degrees in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from UC San Diego. He remained at UC San Diego for his PhD, in Materials Science and Engineering. 
==Personal Life==
In 2016, Lin survived an off-roading accident that required his right leg to be amputated. Since then, he has worn a high-tech prosthetic leg which has allowed him to continue to lead and participate in extremely physically-demanding expeditionshttps://jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news/release/2955. Lin, primarily through his Center for Human Frontiers, has become a vocal advocate for augmenting and improving human life, especially for amputees, with technologyhttps://chf.ucsd.edu/about/. 
He has two children. 
==In the media==
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