Email:  xingchen@pku.edu.cn

Tel:  +86-10-62752747

Fax:  +86-10-62751708

Office:  C601 Chemistry Building

Born in 1980, Dr. Xing Chen is currently Professor and Dean of the College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering at Peking University. He completed his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Tsinghua University in 2002, and obtained his Ph.D. in chemistry from University of California, Berkeley in 2007, under the guidance of Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi and Prof. Alex Zettl. He then joined the laboratory of Prof. Timothy Springer at Harvard Medical School as a LSRF postdoctoral fellow, where his research focused on structural biology and immunology. In September 2010, Dr. Chen started as an assistant professor in College of Chemistry at Peking University. He was promoted directly to Full Professor with tenure in 2016. He is also affiliated with Center for Life Science (CLS) and Synthetic and Functional Biomolecule Center (SFBC). Some of his recent awards include Shuzheng Zhang Award for Outstanding Achievements in Glycoscience (2021), Horace S. Isbell Award (2021), Tan Kah Kee Young Scientists' Award for Chemistry (2020), OKeanos-CAPA Senior Investigator Award at the Chemical and Biology Interface (2019), CCS-RSC Young Chemist Award (2018), ACS David Y. Gin New Investigator Award (2016), IGO Young Glycoscientist Award (2015), and National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (2014). His current research interest focuses on chemical glycobiology.