Dr. Chen is currently an EMBO Postdoctoral Fellow in the Knowles group. He received his bachelor’s degree from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in 2016, and his master’s degree from Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen (HITsz) in January 2019. During his master’s studies, his research focused on the development of microfluidic chips for single-cell manipulation. From February 2019 to May 2021, he worked as a research assistant at HITsz and Peking University. He then pursued his PhD at Wageningen University & Research from June 2021 to October 2025, where his research centered on the construction of synthetic cells in microfluidic systems. His current research in Cambridge investigates protein phase transitions under microconfinement.