Prof. Chen received his Bachelor’s degree (1993) in Biology and Master’s degree (1996) in Environmental Microbial Ecology from Southwest University at Chongqing in China, Ph.D. (1999) in Environmental Engineering from Tongji University at Shanghai in china.
He works in Tongji University till now after he finished his postdoctoral research from Dagang Oilfied of CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation) at the end of 2002.
From 2005 to 2006, he has worked at Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany as a visiting scholar.