Curriculum Vitae (Alexander) Jih-Pai Lin Associate Professor Department of Geosciences National Taiwan University No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 106, Taiwan, ROC www.trilobite.taipei Education: B.S. (magna cum laude), Tennessee Technological University 1997-2001 M.S., The Ohio State University, 2001-2003 (Advisor: Loren Babcock) Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 2004-2007 (Advisor: William I. Ausich) Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 2008-2010 (Advisor: Derek E. G. Briggs) Research Position: Full-time researcher; Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology (NIGPAS), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), 2010-2014 Summary of representative studies within the last five years: Chemostratigraphic correlations across the first major trilobite extinction and faunal turnovers between Laurentia and South China. Scientific Reports 9, 17392, doi:10.1038/s41598-019-53685-2 (2019). First author and corresponding author. Summary of more than a decade of field work and data analyses on the first major trilobite biomere boundary. Based on eight sections in both North America and South China, we have provided the most updated chemostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy across the first major trilobite extinction event. In this study, we concluded that: 1) the traditional lower-middle Cambrian boundary coincides with the base of Wuliuan Stage in South China and that is very close to the base of Wuliuan Stage in North America; 2) our results agree in part with previous studies but in much finer resolution; 3) our chemostratigraphic data provide strong support for using FAD of O. indicus at the GSSP of Wuliuan Stage. Young colonization history of a widespread sand dollar (Echinodermata; Clypeasteroida) in western Taiwan. Quaternary International 528, 120-129, doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2018.12.003 (2019). Corresponding author. First author is a young post-doc scientist at our lab. Based on the fossil occurrences of Arachnoides and related taxa and the regional tectonic history, three major events of faunal expansion are evident: 1) Origination along the coast of Australia and New Zealand in the South Hemisphere since Eocene (56-33.9 Ma); 2) Expansion into the Malay Archipelago in the Tropics during the Pliocene (5.3-2.58 Ma); and 3) Young colonization of Taiwan in the North Hemisphere during the late Holocene (Meghalayan Stage; <4250 yr b2k). Two possible migration pathways from Australia to Taiwan are proposed: Dispersal via the Kuroshio Current during the planktonic larval stage or moving along the continental margin of South Asia during the benthic adulthood. The oldest iocrinid crinoids from the Early/Middle Ordovician of China: Possible paleogeographic implications. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 151, 324-333, doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.10.041 (2018). First author and corresponding author. This study reports new crinoid material, which is identified as Muicrinus dawanensis new genus and new species from South China, representing the oldest known iocrinid in the world. A total of 11 related taxa with 80 characters were selected to conduct phylogenetic analyses. Our results indicated that South China specimens are closely related to ones that are endemic to Laurentia. Furthermore, the phylogenetic closeness of endemic taxa that only occurred in two cratons leads us to suggest a geographic connection between those regions during deep time. Combining biogeographic evidence reported from Cambrian studies, this study supports the “missing-link” configuration of Rodinia during the breakup phase. Treasure with blood: On the discovery of Traumatocrinus (Echinodermata, Triassic) crowns in China. Palaeoworld 24, 363-368, doi:10.1016/j.palwor.2014.07.002 (2015). Single author. This is the first accepted paper in the first special issue on fossil echinoderms from China (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/palaeoworld/vol/24/issue/4) edited by Dr. Mu, Xi-Nan (NIPAS), Prof. William I. Ausich (Ohio State University), Prof. Johnny Waters (Appalachian State Lin, 2/7 University) and myself. Studied materials were originally collected by a team of three Chinese paleontologists led by the important Triassic worker Te-You Hsu (1908-1944). They were killed in Guizhou during a field mapping project in 1944. A.T. Mu studied Hsu's crinoid collection and named a new species Traumatocrinus hsui after him in 1949. The first edition of crinoid Treatise did not acknowledge Mu's work and placed Traumatocrinus as junior synonym of Encrinus. However, it is now regarded as a valid taxon in the new edition published in 2011. Despite the hard working conditions endured by the Chinese workers during and shortly after the Second World War, this collection, including eleven slabs of crowns, one cup, eight columnals, and one holdfast curated in Nanjing, is the basis for family Traumatocrinidae. Earth history of Taiwan: fossil echinoids [In Chinese]. NTU Alumni Bimonthly 126, 7-12 (2019). Single author. Cover story for promoting paleontology exemplified by abundant fossil sand dollars to the society in Taiwan. This study explains the new Chinese term for stereom: Jing Gu proposed by myself. Major Grants funded by Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan ROC: Taphonomy and paleoecology of early Paleozoic echinoderm faunas in southern Mainland China (PI, MOST104-2116-M-002-001) – 2,921,000NTD Restudy of classic fossil echinoids of Taiwan – MS material of Chia-Ching Wang (PI, MOST105-2116-M- 002-012) – 1,692,000NTD Trilogy of sand dollars (Clypeasteroida) of Taiwan: Past, present and future (PI, MOST106-216-M-002- 018) – 1,750,000NTD; (for post-doc, MOST106-2811-M-002-175) – 697,000NTD The past and present records of four sand dollars (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from Taiwan (PI, MOST107-2116-M-002-007) – 1,659,000NTD; (for post-doc, MOST107-2811-M-002-3125) – 949,000NTD The past and present records of three sand dollars (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from Taiwan (PI, MOST108-2166-M-002-014) – 1,687,000NTD; (for post-doc, MOST108-2811-M-002-608) – 939,000NTD Selected Honors, Awards, and Fellowships: CAS International Cooperation Award for Young Scientists (for J. Botting and myself), 2013; Young Palaeontologist Award of the Palaeontological Society of China, 2013; Hundred Talent Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2010; Presidential Fellowship of The Ohio State University, 2007; Gould Grant in Aid of The Paleontological Society, 2006; Outstanding Mention for GSA Research Grant, 2006; The Chancellor’s List, 2005-2006; Graduate Student International Dissertation/MA Thesis Research Travel Grant of The Ohio State University, 2006, 2002; Graduate Student Research Grant of the Geological Society of America, 2006, 2003; NSF East Asia Summer Research Fellowship, 2003; Student Research Grant of The Paleontological Society, 2001; Early-Start Fellowship of The Ohio State University, 2001; Mortar Board National College Senior Honor Society, 2000; Fossil ID 1st Place in Tennessee Geo- Conclave, 1998, 1999, 2000; Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, 1998-1999; Outstanding Freshman Geology Major Award, 1998; Freshman Honor Society, 1997; Freshman Fee Remission Scholarship, 1997; Madison Community Service Scholarship, 1997 Professional Affiliations: Geological Society located in Taipei, Geological Society of America; was a student member for The Paleontological Society, Palaeontological Association, Society for Sedimentary Geology, Mineralogical Society of America Professional Activities and Outreach: Reviewer for Geology; Historical Biology; Quaternary International. Review panelist for NSF East Asia Summer Research Fellowship; Hong Kong Research Grants Council; The National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center in Taiwan Experiment Proposal; Ministry of Science and Technology in Taiwan Basic Science Research. Courses Taught (NTU): Fossils; Taphonomy; Lagerstätten; Advance in Paleobiology; Earth History Lecture and Labs (for sophomore geology majors); Physical Geology (for freshman geology majors); Stratigraphy; Lin, 3/7 Field Methods (for junior geology majors); Seminar for PhD students; Seminar for MS students; Field Course to Miaoli (for juniors and senior geology majors); Field Course to East Coast (for non-majors); Field Course to Kenting (for non-majors). Current students: Ammu Sankar (PhD student); Jia-You Lin (MS student); You-Ru Lin (MS student); Lo-Yu Chang (undergraduate). Post-Doctoral Researchers Supervised: Joseph Botting (currently a full-time researcher affiliated with Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS and National Museum Wales); Lucy Muir (currently an independent researcher affiliated with Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, CAS); Tin-Wai Ng (currently an assistant professor at the Dept. of Science Education, National Taipei University of Education); Hsin Lee (currently a Post-doc at the IONTU); Robert Swisher (currently a Post-doc at NTU). Invited talks: Lin, J.-P., 2019, The past and present records of sand dollars (Echinoidea; Clypeasteroida) from Taiwan: Origination, dispersal, phylogeny and biogeography, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA. Lin, J.-P., 2019, Fossil and living sand dollars from Taiwan: Origins, taphonomy and biogeography, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, India. Lin, J.-P., Lee, H., Chang, L.-Y., Lee, K.-S., Lee, S.-J., Chen, W.-J. 2018, Phylogeny of Clypeasteroida based on new molecular records of Taiwanese species, The 16th International Echinoderm Conference, Nagoya, Japan. Lin, J.-P., 2017, Molecular