Lin Shaozhen has risen in the field of biomechanics to carve out an impressive international career. Now, after spending the past five years at Aix-Marseille University in France, and more recently at the University of Singapore, Lin has returned to work in China.

In February, Lin, who is in his thirties, took a full-time position as a professor and doctoral supervisor at Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou in the southern province of Guangdong, according to the university’s website.

After several years abroad, physicist Lin Shaozhen has returned to home to work at China’s Sun Yat-sen University. Photo: Handout

In various photos, the professor’s head appears tilted. According to comments online, the condition is a result of congenital muscular torticollis, also known as wryneck.

The South China Morning Post contacted Lin for comment.

Lin was born in the city of Ganzhou, in central China’s Jiangxi province, and was part of a “hongzhi” high school programme that subsidises students in need.

He soared academically, eventually establishing himself as a leading physics researcher.

To date, he has published 41 Science Citation Index papers in top academic journals. Lin has published three articles as an author and has served as a reviewer in the prestigious physics journal Physical Review Letters.