**Xueen Chen**

Xueen Chen (Professor) received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Oceanography (Physical Oceanography) in 1994 and 1997 respectively both from Ocean University of China (OUC), and Ph.D. degree in Oceanography in 2004 from Hamburg University, Germany. He worked at OUC from 1997 up to now, during which he visited Hamburg University, Germany from 2002 to 2006, as PhD researcher and postdoctoral researcher, successively. He is now a professor in physical oceanography at OUC, and serves as Chairman of IASPO committee of China.
