于武汉大学获得本科学位，于南京大学获得硕士和博士学位。

2013年起先后在南京大学现代工学院能源系、光学系历任副研究员、副教授、教授，其间2018-2019赴美国哥伦比亚大学化学系从事访问研究（Research Scientist）。

1.微纳光学、等离激元光子学

2.电控等离激元、智能超构材料

3.等离激元光热调控、热超构材料

Science Advances、Nature Communication、Nature Sustainability、Light：Science&Applications等学术期刊评审人。

主持/承担基金委优秀青年科学基金、面上项目、科技部物态调控、纳米专项等重点专项课题等项目的研究。

Elsevier中国高被引学者（2021，2022）

南京大学"魅力导师"奖（2021）

中国光学十大进展（基础研究类） （2020）

中国半导体十大研究进展（2020）

江苏省“333工程”培养对象（2016）   

迄今共发表学术论文80余篇(12篇入选ESI高被引论文)，包括Nature、Nature Photonics、Nature Materials、Science Advances、PNAS、National Science Review等重要期刊论文，授权中(美)国发明专利5项，部分成果被Science、Nature Photonics等科学杂志多次正面评价，产生了一定的学术影响。

部分代表性论文：

[1] Yang Wang, Jianyu Yu, Yifei Mao, Ji Chen, Suo Wang, Huazhen Chen, Yi Zhang, Siyi Wang, Xinjie Chen, Tao Li, Lin Zhou*, Renmin Ma*, Shining Zhu*, Wenshan Cai, Jia Zhu*, Stable and high-performing sodium-based plasmonic devices in the near-infrared, Nature 581, 401-405 (2020)

[2] Yusong Bai†, Lin Zhou†, Jue Wang, Wenjing Wu, Leo McGilly, Dorri Halbertal, Chiu Fan, B. Lo, Fang Liu, Jenny Ardelean, Pasqual Rivera, Nathan R. Finney, Xuchen Yang, Dmitri N. Basov, Wang Yao, Xiaodong Xu, James Hone, Abhay Pasupathy*, Xiaoyang Zhu*, Excitons in One-Dimensional Moiré Potentials at Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Heterojunctions, Nature Materials 19, 1068-1073 (2020)

[3] Jie Liang, Yan Jin, Huiling Yu, Xinjie Chen, Lin Zhou*, Pengcheng Huo, Ye Zhang, Haiyang Ma, Yi Jiang, Bin Zhu, Ting Xu, Hui Liu, Shining Zhu and Jia Zhu*, Lithium-plasmon based low-powered dynamic color display, National Science Review nwac120 (2023)

[4] Yuhan Yang, Hanyu Fu, Huanhuan Su, Shuying Chen, Shan Wu, Jie Liang, Tianqi Wei, Yang Wang, Shining Zhu, Jia Zhu*, Lin Zhou*, Sodium-based concave metasurfaces for high performing plasmonic optical filters by templated spin-on-sodiophobic-glass, Advanced Materials 2300272 (2023)

[5] Yinghao Zhao, Yuhan Yang, Changyin Ji, Qinghua Liang, Hanyu Fu, Xing Liu, Lin Zhou*, Jiafang Li*, Yang Wang*, Thermosensitive Plasmonic Color Enabled by Sodium Metasurface.Advanced Functional Materials 2023 (accepted)

[6] Yang Wang, Haiyang Ma, Ning Xu, Jinlei Li, Jia Zhu, Lin Zhou*, All-Dielectric Insulated 3D Plasmonic Nanoparticles for Enhanced Self-Floating Solar Evaporation under One Sun, Advanced Optical Materials 2201907 (2023) (Rising Star invited paper)

[7] Yan Jin, Jie Liang, Shan Wu, Ye Zhang, Lin Zhou*, Qianjin Wang, Hui Liu, and Jia Zhu*, Electrical Dynamic Switching of Magnetic Plasmon Resonance Based on Selective Lithium Deposition, Advanced Materials 32, 2000058 (2020)

[8] Yan Jin, Lin Zhou*, Jianyu Yu, Jie Liang, Huigang Zhang, Wenshan Cai, Shining Zhu, Jia Zhu*, “In operando plasmonic monitoring of electrochemical evolution of lithium metal”, PNAS 115, 11168-11173 (2018)

[9] Yang Wang, Lin Zhou*, Ye Zhang, Jianyu Yu, Baili Huang, Yun Lai, Shining Zhu, Jia Zhu*, “Hybrid solar absorber-emitter by coherence enhanced absorption for improved solar thermophotovoltaic conversion”, Advanced Optical Materials 6, 1800813 (2018)

[10] Chuanlu Chen^†, Lin Zhou^{†, *}, Jianyu Yu, Yuxi Wang, Shuming Nie, Shining Zhu and Jia Zhu^*, Dual Functional Asymmetric Plasmonic Structures for Solar Water Purification and Pollution Detection, Nano Energy 51, 451-456 (2018).

[11] Lin Zhou^†, Shendong Zhuang^†, Chengyu He, Yingling Tan, Zhenlin Wang* and Jia Zhu*. Self-assembled spectrum selective plasmonic absorbers with tunable bandwidth for solar energy conversion. Nano Energy 32, 195–200 (2017).

[12] Shendong Zhuang^†, Lin Zhou^†, Weichao Xu, Ning Xu, Xiaozhen Hu, Xiuqiang Li, Guangxin Lv, Qinghui Zheng, Shining Zhu, Zhenlin Wang,* and Jia Zhu*. Tuning Transpiration by Interfacial Solar Absorber-Leaf Engineering, Advanced Science, 5, 1700497 (2017).

[13] Lin Zhou^†, Yingling Tan^†, Jingyang Wang, Weichao Xu, Ye Yuan, Wenshan Cai, Shining Zhu and Jia Zhu*. Three Dimensional Self-assembly of Aluminum Nanoparticles for Plasmon Enhanced Solar Desalination, Nature Photonics 10, 393-398 (2016).

[14] Lin Zhou^†, Yingling Tan^†, Dengxin Ji, Bin Zhu, Pei Zhang, Jun Xu, Qiaoqiang Gan, Zongfu Yu, Jia Zhu*. Self-assembly of highly efficient, broadband plasmonic absorbers for solar steam generation,Science Advances 2, e1501227 (2016).

[15] Yi Zhang, Hanyu Fu, Jie Liang, Jia Zhu, Lin Zhou*. Alkali Metals for Plasmonics: Research Progresses from Foundations to Applications, ACTA PHOTONICA SINICA, 51, 0551309 (2022) (invited review)

[16] Yan Jin, Lin Zhou*, Jie Liang, Jia Zhu*, Electrochemical driven dynamic plasmonics, Advanced Photonics 3, 044002 (2021) (invited review)

[17] Lin Zhou, Xiuqiang Li, George W. Ni, Shining Zhu and Jia Zhu*, The revival of thermal utilization from the sun: interfacial solar vapor generation. National Science Review 6, 562-578 (2019) (invited review)

[18] 刘海舟, 喻小强, 李金磊, 徐凝, 周林*, 朱嘉* 基于等离激元微纳结构的太阳能界面光蒸汽转换. 中国科学:物理学力学天文学, doi.org/10.1360/SSPMA-2019-0070 (2019) (invited review)

[19] Jie Liang, Haizhou Liu, Jianyu Yu, Lin Zhou* and Jia Zhu* Plasmon-enhanced solar vapor generation. Nanophotonics. 8(5),771–786 (2019)（invited review）

[20] 梁洁，刘鑫，周林*, 等离激元光热效应的新应用——太阳能光蒸汽转换, 激光与光电子学进展，56，202405 (2019)（invited review）