Age, Biography and Wiki
Albert Lin was born on 22 March, 1981 in Santa Cruz County, California, is an American engineer, explorer, and tv host. Discover Albert Lin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 43 years old?
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Engineer, scientist, TV host |
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43 years old |
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Aries |
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22 March, 1981 |
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22 March |
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Santa Cruz County, California |
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He is a member of famous Engineer with the age 43 years old group.
Albert Lin Height, Weight & Measurements
At 43 years old, Albert Lin height not available right now. We will update Albert Lin's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Albert Lin Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Albert Lin worth at the age of 43 years old? Albert Lin’s income source is mostly from being a successful Engineer. He is from . We have estimated Albert Lin's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Albert Yu-Min Lin is an American engineer, scientist, technologist, explorer and television host.
He is a senior lecturer and an associate research scientist of mechanical and aerospace engineering at University of California, San Diego.
Lin was born on the 21st of March, 1981, in Santa Cruz County, California.
He completed a bachelor of science (2004), a masters of science (2006) and a PhD (2008) in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of California San Diego.
Lin has been an associate research scientist at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology at UC San Diego since 2008.
He is the founding director of UC San Diego's Center for Human Frontiers, which aims to harness technology to augment human potential.
Lin's work gained attention in 2009 for utilizing a combination of satellites, drones, geophysics, and intensive ground exploration to search for the missing tomb of Genghis Khan.
For his work on the Valley of the Khans project, he was named National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year for 2009.
In addition to his scholarly work, Lin has been a National Geographic Society Explorer since 2010.
He founded the crowd-based analytics company Tomnod, which was acquired in 2011 by commercial satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe.
He has hosted a number of National Geographic television shows which document his research expeditions, including Forbidden Tomb of Genghis Khan (2011), China's Megatomb Revealed (2016), Lost Treasures of the Maya (2018), and Buried Secrets of the Bible (2019).
In 2016, part of Lin's right leg was amputated after being severely damaged during a crash in a four-wheel-drive open-top vehicle.
Everything from the knee down was removed in an attempt to alleviate pain, but Lin was in turn plagued by phantom limb pain.
He credits a heavy dose of psilocybin with improving the symptoms.
Since then, he has worn a high-tech prosthetic leg which has allowed him to continue to lead and participate in extremely physically demanding expeditions.
Lin, primarily through his Center for Human Frontiers, has become a vocal advocate for improving access to prosthetics using technology including 3D printing.
Lin is a recipient of both the Desert Research Institute Nevada Medal and the Lowell Thomas Medal from The Explorers Club.
Since 2019 he has been the presenter of Lost Cities With Albert Lin.
Since 2019, he has hosted the National Geographic series Lost Cities with Albert Lin.
The show focuses on the use of drones and LIDAR (light detection and ranging) imaging to reveal otherwise hidden archaeological structures within and beneath modern cities and remote landscapes.
Lin grew up surfing and is an avid outdoorsman.
He is fluent in English and Mandarin.
