Education Background
• 2008, Ph. D, Tsinghua University, China
• 2005, M. S., Tohoku University, Japan
• 2001, B. S., Tsinghua University, China
Work Resume
• 2012-, Associate Professor, Tsinghua University, China
• 2011-2012, Guest Scientist, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
• 2010-2013, Assistant Professor, WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University, Japan
• 2008-2010, Research Associate, WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University, Japan
Research Field
1. New functional amorphous materials for coatings, catalysts and electronics.
2. amorphous ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic semiconductors.
3. Multi-scale hierarchical structural amorphous composites for new functions.
Research Situation
Dr. Chen centers her research interests on variety of amorphous solids including nanogranular metallic glasses, magnetic amorphous thin films, high entropy metallic glasses and amorphous antiferromagnets. Structural disorder and the disorder-induced electron localization are the most important fingerprint features of the atomic and electronic structures for amorphous solids, determining their properties. Tuning disorder in amorphous solids is therefore essential to the creation of new types of amorphous materials and the discovery of novel effects. Based on amorphous alloys, Dr. Chen mainly utilize two routes to enhance the disorder of amorphous solids. One is the modification of local atomic bonding types via oxygen additions, while the other is the entropy regulation.
Awards And Honors
• 2026, Vebleo Fellow
• 2019, National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars
• 2011-2012, Fellowship granted by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany
• 2009-2011, Tohoku University Exploratory Research Program for Young Scientists
• 2008, Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Tsinghua University
• 2001, Excellent Graduate of Tsinghua University
Academic Achievements
Selected publications:
1. Materials Science and Engineering R-Reports 167, 101078 (2026).
2. Advanced Functional Materials 36, e05406 (2026).
3. Science China-Physics,Mechanics & Astronomy 66, 246111(2023).
4. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 127, 24411-24416 (2023). Invited paper in virtual special issue “Women Scientists in China”.
5. Nature Communications 13, 2183(2022).
6. Nature Communications 7, 13497(2016).
7. Nanoscale 7, 6607-6611 (2015).
8. Acta Materialia 79, 30-36 (2014).
9. Acta Materialia 59, 6433-6440 (2011).