​Dr. Chen obtained his Ph.D. degree from Max-Planck-Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin in 2006. He was trained in human molecular genetics and bioinformatics. Between 2007 and 2008, he stayed at the same institute and led a research group. During this time, His group developed one of the first experimental and data analysis pipelines for Illumina/Solexa sequencing. At 2009, he moved to the newly established Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology at Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC), Berlin, where he led Laboratory of Functional Genomics and Systems Biology. At 2015, he was appointed as a full (W3) professor at MDC jointly with Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin. At 2016, he was awarded Thousand Talent Program from Chinese government and moved back to SUSTech at Shenzhen, China. Apart from being the chair of department of biology, he is now also serving as vice-dean of SUSTech Academy of Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, an organization promoting the collaborative studies between different departments at SUSTech. His lab has been developing various genomics assays based on the novel sequencing technology. Using the functional genomics and systems biology approach, his lab has been dissecting the molecular mechanisms underlying gene regulations at different levels, and addressing the pattern of gene regulatory changes in evolution and their role in causing human diseases.