B.S., National Taiwan University (1969)

M.S., The University of Chicago, USA (1971)

Ph.D., The University of Chicago, USA (1974)

Research Staff Member, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1974–1989)

Senior Research Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (1989–2005)

Research Fellow & Key Technology Division Head, GRC, Academia Sinica (2005–)

Distinguished Research Fellow & Deputy Director, GRC, Academia Sinica (2006–)

Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Taiwan University (2006–)

Adjunct Distinguished Research Fellow, Institute of Atomic & Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica (2006–)

Development of novel mass spectrometry

Kinetics and dynamics of desorption and ionization of biomolecules

Microarray technology development

Bio-nanoscience and bio-nanotechnology

Laser trapping and laser tweezers for a single cell interaction

Laser spectroscopy and non-linear processes

New DNA sequencing technologies

“Metabolisms: A New Class of Plant Metal-binding Proteins”, R. K. Gupta and C. H. Chen et al., J. Protein Chem. 21, 530 (2003).

“Rapid MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometric Method for Detection of Specific Polymerase Chain Reaction Products by Utilizing the 5'-3' Exonuclease Activity Thermus Aquaticus DNA Polymerase”, N. R. Isola and C. H. Chen et al., Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 17, 532 (2003). 

“Biotin Enhanced Fragmentation for Direct DNA Sequencing Using MALDI”, Z. Liu and C. H. Chen et al., Eur. J. Mass Spectrom. 9, 213  (2003). 

“Detection of Trinucleotide Repeat Containing Genes by Matrix-assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization (MALDI) Mass Spectrometry”, C. H. Chen et al., Method Mol. Biology 217, 91 (2004). 

“Detection and Quantification of Copper-denitrifying Bacteria by Quantitative Competitive PCR”, X. Y. Qiu and C. H. Chen et al., J. Microbiol. Methods 59, 199 (2004).