Po-Heng Lin was born in Taipei, Taiwan. He studied chemistry at National Chung Cheng University, graduating in 2002. He then studied at Department of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, under the guidance of Prof. Chu-Fang Wang, obtaining his MSc in Analytical Chemistry in 2004. He served in the army before he went aboard to study. His PhD graduate studies were carried out at the University of Ottawa, Canada and he obtained his PhD in 2012. Aside from Chemistry, he also learned snowboarding and skating from his supervisor, Prof. Muralee Murugesu. His postdoctoral appointment was at California Institute of Technology, under the guidance of Prof. Theodor Agapie from 2012 to 2014. In August 2014, Po-Heng became an assistant professor at National Chung Hsing University, followed by associate professor in February of 2018, and full Professor in February of 2021. 

Our research focuses on the design and synthesis of pure lanthanide metal clusters with record energy barriers for higher density information storage materials. Moreover, we are also interested in understanding how to self-assemble the lanthanide metal clusters logically in order to further discover novel molecular materials.