Dr. Cuikun Lin
Texas Tech University
Department of Physics – Center for Emerging Energy Sciences Lubbock, TX 79409
Education
Ph.D. Inorganic Chemistry, State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Resource
Utilization, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CIAC, CAS), 2007
Advisor: Professor Jun Lin
B.S. Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Shandong Normal University
Advisors: Professor Chunshan Shi
Training
Certified LabView Developer Associate
Award
Yongling Liu Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2007
Modular Respiratory Sensor Integration Block System, TechConnect Award, 2022
Employment History
2020 – Present, Associate Director, Department of Physics, Center for Emerging Energy Sciences, Texas Tech University
2016 – 2020, Senior Scientist, Department of Physics, Center for Emerging Energy Sciences, Texas Tech University
2015 – 2016, Senior Research Associate, Department of Physics, Center for Emerging Energy Sciences, Texas Tech University
2010 – 2014, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota
2010 – 2014, TEM Manager, Dept of Chem, University of South Dakota
2009 – 2010, Postdoctoral Researcher, Advanced Materials Research Institute, University of New Orleans
2007 – 2009, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota
Patents
[1] Utility Patent Application titled “Respirator designed to mitigate deep lung infections” by Robert V. Duncan, Annette L. Sobel, and Cuikun Lin (2020).
[2]Provisional / Utility Patent Application titled “Modular Respiratory Sensor Integration Block System” by Robert V. Duncan, Annette L. Sobel, Cuikun Lin, Shelby Lacouture, Paul Walter, and Brian Williams (2022).
[3] Patent disclosure on a new method of production of Lithium Hydride and Lithium Deuteride by R. V. Duncan, Cuikun Lin, Andrew Gillespie, Ian Jones, Christopher Carty (2022)
[4] Patent disclosure on a new sustainable device for electrochemical synthesis of Ammonia by R. V. Duncan, Cuikun Lin, Ian Jones, Christopher Carty, and R. V. Duncan 2 (2022)
[5] Patent Disclosure, 2025-005, Solar Cell Heavy Water Enrichment System
[6] Patent disclosure, 2025-020, Development of Solid-State Particle Track Detectors (CR39) with Enhanced Neutron Detection for Fusion and Aerospace Applications
[7] Patent Pending, 2023-093 A Novel Deuterium Separation and Purification System -Provisional filed March 12, 2024
[8] Patent Pending, 2024-055 New Class of LCF Nuclear Reactors (previous number 2023-063: A new light-nuclei, fission-fusion nuclear energy cycle -Provisional filed March 22, 2024
[9] Patent Pending, 2023-083 (combined with 2023-029) Metal Hydride and Hydroxide Production -Provisional filed February 9, 2024
[10] Patent Pending, 2023-018 A new sustainable device and catalyst for electrochemical synthesis of Ammonia-provisional patent refiled June 10, 2024
Publications
Total of 70 papers were published, and total number of citations are over 5000. H-index 41
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JLii954AAAAJ&hl=en