First name

Sheng Hsien

Last name

Lin

Academic unit

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Status

Deceased

Type of professor

Regents Professor

Year

1988

Bio summary

Lin was a world-renowned theoretical chemist. He joined ASU in 1965 and his research over a long and productive career created impacts over a broad range of subjects, including transition state theory, radiationless transitions, multiphoton transitions, vibrational energy relaxation and transfer and femtosecond chemistry.