2011年毕业于中国科学院上海生命科学院植物生理生态研究所

随后在美国明尼苏达大学和内布拉斯加大学从事博士后研究工作 2015年5月作为校特聘教授加入扬州大学农学院工作

主持国家自然科学基金面上项目两项，国家重点研发计划子课题一项，江苏省杰出青年项目一项，省自然科学基金青年项目一项；参与国家自然科学基金重点项目一项。

在Nature Communications, Molecular Plant, Plant Physiology, Journal of Experimental Botany和Frontiers in Plant Science等知名学术杂志上以第一作者或通讯作者发表论文多篇 近年来发表的论文：

1.Chen C*, Li T, Zhu S, Liu Z, Shi Z, Zheng X, Chen R, Huang J, Shen Y, Luo S, Wang L, Liu QQ, E Z*. Characterization of imprinted genes in rice reveals conservation of regulation and imprinting with other plant species. Plant Physiology, 2018, 177:1754-1771. (Corresponding author)

2.Kang X, Xu G, Lee B, Chen C, Zhang H, Kuang R, Ni M*. HRB2 and BBX21 interaction modulates Arabidopsis ABI5 locus and stomatal aperture. Plant Cell & Environment, 2018, 41:1912-1925.

3.E Z, Li T, Zhang H, Liu Z, Deng H, Sharma S, Wei X, Wang L, Niu B, Chen C*, A group of nuclear factor Y transcription factors are sub-functionalized during endosperm development in monocots. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69:2495-2510. (Corresponding author)

4.Liu S, Xue C, Fang Y, Chen G, Peng X, Zhou Y, Chen C, Liu G, Gu M, Wang K, Zhang W, Wu Y, Gong Z*. Global involvement of lysine crotonylation in protein modification and transcription regulation in rice. Molecular & Cell Proteomics, 2018, in press.

5.Xue C, Liu S, Chen C, Zhu J, Yang X, Zhou Y, Guo R, Liu X, Gong Z*. Global Proteome Analysis Links Lysine Acetylation to Diverse Functions in Oryza Sativa. Proteomics, 2018,18:1700036.

6.Chen C*, E Z, Lin HX. Evolution and Molecular Control of Hybrid Incompatibility in Plants. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2016, 7:1208. (Corresponding author)

7.Chen C, Begcy K, Liu K, Folsom JJ, Wang Z, Zhang C, Walia H*. Heat stress yields a unique MADS box transcription factor in determining seed size and thermal sensitivity. Plant Physiology, 2016, 171:606-622.

8.Chen C, Chen H, Lin YS, Shen JB, Shan JX, Qi P, Shi M, Zhu MZ, Huang XH, Feng Q, Han B, Jiang L, Gao JP*, Lin HX*. A two-locus interaction causes interspecific hybrid weakness in rice. Nature Communications, 2014, 5:3357.

9.Chen C, Chen H, Shan JX, Zhu MZ, Shi M, Gao JP*, Lin HX*. Genetic and physiological analysis of a novel type of interspecific hybrid weakness in rice. Molecular Plant, 2013, 6:716-728.

10.Chen C, Xiao YG, Li X, Ni M*. Light-regulated stomatal aperture in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 2012, 5:566-572.