Chen Kaixian

Biography

Prof. Chen received a bachelor’s degree in radioactive chemistry in 1967 from Fudan University. Prof. Chen also received a master’s degree in 1982 and a doctorate degree in 1985 from the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Science. From 1985 to 1988, Prof. Chen conducted postdoctorate studies in the Paris Institute of Biology, Physics & Chemistry. In 1999, Prof. Chen was named an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Prof. Chen is currently President of the Shanghai University of Chinese Traditional Medicine; a researcher, doctoral supervisor and director of the academic committee of the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences; director of the academic committee of the State Key Laboratory of Drug Research; Chief Scientist of the project “Innovative Drug Research Based On Genetic Function” under the National Basic Research Program of China (Plan 973); and a member of the experts group of the National Key Sci-Tech Special Project under the Eleventh Five-Year Plan “The Key New Drug Creation and Manufacturing”. Prof. Chen is also chairman of the executive council of the China Society of Doctors in New Pharmaceuticals, chairman of the Chinese Association of Integrative Medicine and vice council chairman of the China Pharmaceuticals Association. Prof. Chen serves as vice chairman of the Shanghai Science and Technology Association, vice chairman of the Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, and chairman of the Pudong New District Science and Technology Association. He is also an adjunct professor at Zhe Jiang University, China Pharmaceutical University and Fudan University.

Research Interest

Pharma