Jiandie Lin, Ph.D.

Jiandie Lin is the Bradley M. Patten Collegiate Professor of Life Sciences and a professor of cell & developmental biology at the University of Michigan. He is a faculty mentor of the Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) and Cellular & Molecular Biology (CMB) graduate programs and U-M Medical Student Training Program (MSTP). He also serves as director of the Michigan Diabetes Research Center Pilot & Feasibility Program.

Lin received his B.S. from Peking University and his Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Following postdoctoral training with Bruce Spiegelman at Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Lin began his independent research career at the University of Michigan Life Sciences Institute as a Biomedical Sciences Scholar. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and received the 2020 American Diabetes Association Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award.