Dr. Lin is a pomologist with a strong research focus on low-chill fruit crops, particularly peach, blackberry, and raspberry. His published works, featured in renowned journals such as Plant Growth Regulation, HortScience, and PLoS One, highlight his expertise in budbreak mechanisms, phytohormone dynamics, and exogenous plant growth regulator and biostimulant treatments to improve fruit quality under subtropical conditions. Dr. Lin leads several research projects funded by national agencies, focusing on flowering prediction models, heat tolerance techniques, and substrate formulations. He also actively contributes to the academic community as a reviewer for multiple high-impact journals. His work is at the forefront of improving deciduous fruit production under climate challenges.

Syuan-You's primary research interest is in dormancy physiology in deciduous fruit crops. His research team is currently focused on improving our understanding of dormancy regulation under global warming scenarios. To achieve this, they are utilizing a range of physiological and biochemical techniques, such as phytohormone profiling, transcriptome analysis, and minirhizotron, to evaluate dormancy behavior in temperate fruits grown in subtropical Taiwan. 

Additionally, he is dedicated to developing highly effective and less harmful budbreaking chemicals as an alternative to hydrogen cyanamide, using plant growth regulators, defoliants, and biostimulants. A special interest of his lies in berry crop production—strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries—due to their health benefits and aesthetic appeal. Despite the challenges in Taiwan, he is determined to improve subtropical berry production through comprehensive research on crop management and stress and flowering physiology. 

Furthermore, our short-term goal is to collect native wild Rubus germplasm, to evaluate their heat tolerance and horticultural traits. The medium-term goal is to hybridize wild species with commercial cultivars and employ molecular marker-assisted selection. The long-term objective is to develop heat-tolerant and low-chill raspberry/blackberry cultivars.