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Albert Lin

Albert Lin is an internationally renowned scientist, innovator, technologist, entrepreneur, and an award winning National Geographic Explorer. He is director of the Center for Human Frontiers at the Qualcomm Institute at UC San Diego. He received his PhD in materials science and engineering from UC San Diego. His work has been featured in the Washington Post, BBC, NPR, ABC news, TEDx, Wired magazine, Gizmodo, al Jazeera, National Geographic, Newsweek, and the Harvard Business Review. He has founded and directed numerous programs including the UC San Diego National Geographic Engineers for Exploration Program, the Exploration Lab, the Distributed Health Labs, and the international effort known as the Valley of the Khans Project in collaboration with National Geographic.
  • Applied technology in field research (art, history and archaeology)

Using High-Resolution Satellite Data to Evaluate the Impact of New Business Formation