BRIEF CV | Chen Research Group

PROFESSIONAL CAREER

2021 - Full Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Fresno.

2022.6-2022.7 Visiting Research Scholar, Chemistry Visiting Faculty Research Partnership Program, Princeton University.

2017 - 2021 Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, California State University Fresno.

2016 - 2017 Assistant Professor with Tenure, Department of Chemistry, Fresno State.

2012 - 2016 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Fresno State.

2006 - 2012 Senior research fellow, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).

2003 - 2006 AHFMR, & Rx&D-HRF and CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellow, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Canada.

2003 -2012 Full Professor, College of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, China.

2001 - 2003 Lecturer, College of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, China.

ACADEMIC HONORS OR AWARDS

2017 - 2018 Provost’s Award for Research, Scholarship and Creative Accomplishment, Fresno State.

2015 - 2016 College of Science and Mathematics Outstanding Faculty Research Award.

2014 A research project entitled "Systematic Studies on Chemical Constituents of Traditional Chinese Medicines 'Cao Wu'," carried out by Feng-Peng Wang, Qiao-Hong Chen, et. al, received the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education in China (First Place).

2013 - 2014 Provost’s Promising New Faculty Award, Fresno State.

2004 - 2006 Canada's Research-Based Pharmaceutical Companies Health Research Foundation (Rx&D-HRF) and Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Pharmacy, Canada.

2004 - 2006 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (incentive award), Canada.

2003 - 2004 Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) Fast-track Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Canada.

2003 Award for Top 100 National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations in 2003, from the National Evaluation Institute of Degrees and Grade Education, of the Ministry of Education in China; the only honoree in the Medicinal Chemistry category of the year.

2003 Award for outstanding Doctoral Dissertations (as one of two honorees), Sichuan University, China.

2002 A research project "Studies on Chemical Constituents of Traditional Chinese Medicines 'Cao Wu'," carried out with Feng-Peng Wang, Qiao-Hong Chen, et. al, received the Natural Science Award from the Ministry of Education in China (First Place).

2002 Outstanding Young Teacher Award, Sichuan University, China.

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Medicinal Chemistry, College of Pharmacy, Sichuan University, China.

M.S. Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS), China.

B.S. School of Pharmacy, West China University of Medical Sciences (WCUMS), China.

AFFILIATIONS

2008- Member, American Chemical Society

2012- Member, American Society of Pharmacognosy