Dr. Lin is current an Associate Professor at School of Energy and Environment in City University of Hong Kong. Her academic background covers waste management, with special focus on development of integrated biorefineries utilising renewable resources including food and beverage wastes and by-product streams (e.g. waste streams from bakeries and mixed food waste from restaurant, textile waste). Dr. Lin also has experience in biochemical engineering, industrial (white) biotechnology, bioprocess design and techno-economic evaluation. Together with graduate students and colleagues, Dr. Lin has published over 123 research papers and 16 book chapters. She maintains a worldwide professional network through her service as an Associate Editor of the Biochemical Engineering Journal; Special Guest Editor for Green Chemistry, Topics in Current Chemistry, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, Current Opinion in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Bioresource Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials. Dr. Carol Lin has served as an Invited Professor in Division of Environmental Science and Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University. She has served as steering committee members of numerous major conferences such as Engineering Sustainable Development 2019 & 2020, organized by the APRU and the Institute for Sustainability of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).