Prof. Long Lin is the Head of the School of Chemistry, University of Leeds. He received his BSc (Zhejiang University), MSc (Zhejiang) and PhD (University of Leeds) in Polymer and Colour Chemistry. He is the Founder and Directorof DP Centre of Industrial Collaboration,and the Technical Expertof China Association of Dyeing and Printing Industries, Beijing.

The research fields of Prof. Long Lin contain Medical diagnostic biosensors, ultra-thin lithium ion batteries, inkjet printing, electrophotography, coatings/inks formulations, polymer materials science, formulation and delivery of complex, functional fluids, anti-counterfeit technology, dyes and pigments chemistry, textile coloration, photochromism, thermochromism, organic printed electronics, organic and polymer synthesis, renewable energy (particularly perpetual hydrogen generation via photosynthesis)