Linus S Lin, Ph.D.

Dr. Lin is the Managing Director of Lilly Chorus, a full-service, autonomous R&D unit within Lilly that specializes in lean to clinical Proof of Concept (POC). Previously at Lilly, he held the positions of Site Head & General Manager, Lilly China Research and Development Center (LCRDC), a diabetes focused R&D center based in Shanghai, and Head, Lilly China Innovation Partnerships (LCIP), an externally focused organization to engage biotech and academic collaborators in China. Prior to Lilly, Dr. Lin led the Chemistry Service Unit at WuXi AppTec, after leading multiple drug discovery teams at Merck. Dr. Lin received his BS in Chemistry from Peking University and obtained his PhD in Organic Chemistry at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed his NIH postdoctoral Fellowship with Nobel laureate Prof. E.J. Corey at Harvard University.