Shuyu Lin is a doctoral student and an associate instructor in the composition department at Indiana University, Jacobs school of music. She earned a B.M. in Composition from the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 2018, studying with Daqun Jia and Deqing Wen. She later earned an M.M. in Composition from the Indiana University, Jacobs school of music. Her teachers there included David Dzubay, Aaron Travers, and Eugene O'Brien. Shuyu Lin works both in electronic music and acoustic composition. Her electronic music has been played in the festivals such as NYCEMF, WOCMAT, and MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING, etc; her acoustic music has been featured in venues and festivals, such as in China, the United States, Europe and has been performed by groups, such as Shanghai Kun Opera, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Ukraine Philharmonic Orchestra, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, and IU New Music Ensemble, etc.