Expertise
Electromagnetics, Space Weather Modeling, Spacecraft Data and Instrument Analysis.
Research Interests
My research is to study the variations of plasma and electromagnetic fields within the near Earth environment during the space weather event.
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
- Master of Science (M.S.), Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Biosketch
Mei-Yun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Her research delves into the variations of the near-Earth environment, including the Moon, and how these variations respond to space weather through numerical modeling and data analysis. She earned her Ph.D. in 2023 and her M.S. in 2020 from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she was advised by Professor Raluca Ilie. After graduation, she was a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Jack Eddy Postdoctoral Fellow from 2023 to 2025, hosted by Andrew Poppe, Ph.D. at the Space Sciences Lab, University of California, Berkeley.
Mei-Yun is heavily involved in the scientific community. She has chaired sessions at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) annual conferences. She has participated in various committees, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) and the AGU Space Physics and Aeronomy, as well as the NASA Jack Eddy Symposium. Additionally, she regularly serves as the reviewers of the Journal of Geophysical Research (JGR) and Geophysical Research Letters (GRL), and panels of NASA and NSF.
Selected Awards and Honors
- NASA Jack Eddy Postdoc Fellowship, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, NASA [2023].
- Paul D. Coleman Outstanding Research Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL [2023].
- Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) Rising Stars, MIT [2021].
- Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST) fellowship, NASA Heliophysics Devision [2021-2023].
Selected Publications
- M-Y. Lin, A. R. Poppe, (2025). “ Metallic Ions Near the Moon: Impact of Solar Activity and Lunar Position”, Journal of Geophysics Research Space Physics.
- M-Y. Lin, R. Ilie, A. Glocer, (2025). “Limits on the efficacy of wave-particle interaction on the energization and transport of atomic and molecular heavy ionospheric ions”, Journal of Geophysics Research Space Physics.
- M-Y. Lin, H. Chen, H. Golecki, (2023). “HUG Initiative: Overcoming Roadblocks on a Research Career Roadmap of Individuals from Historically Marginalized or Underrepresented Genders”, review paper, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Physics.
- M-Y. Lin, R. Ilie, (2022). “A review of observation of molecular ions in the Earth’s magnetosphere-ionosphere system”, Invited review paper, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Physics.
- M-Y. Lin, R. Ilie, A. Glocer, (2020). “The contribution of N+ ions to Earth’s polar wind”, Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089321.