Chen, currently the August Röhss Chair Professor at the University of Gothenburg, is an internationally renowned climatologist who has made significant achievements in the areas of the relationship between regional climate and atmospheric circulation, climate dynamics and climate change. His primary work involves climate and environmental changes over the Third Pole (Tibetan Plateau) region and their impacts on ecosystems and water resources.Chen is anISC (International Science Council) Fellowand a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences of Gothenburg, the Academy of Sciences for Developing Countries, and a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters. He has been active in the international scientific community for many years, particularly in Sweden and China. From 2009 to 2012, he served as Executive Director of the International Council for Science (ICSU), making significant contributions to global scientific research leadership, coordination and collaboration. Chen previously served as the ScienceDirector of the National Climate Center at the China Meteorological Administration and the Center for Atmospheric Sciences in Gothenburg, Sweden. He has served as a scientific advisor and reviewer to many governments, intergovernmental and international non-governmental organizations and national research funding agencies, and on scientific steering committees and councils of internationally renowned research centresand programs.He has also served as a judge of international awards such as the Volvo Environment Prize and Olav Thon Award, a member of the Project Evaluation Committee of the Institute of Humanities and Nature Research in Japan, a member of the expert group of the National Major Scientific Research Program on Global Change Research of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China and the Board of the Stockholm Resilience Centre, Chair of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Swedish Environment and Climate Data Centre, Chair of the Nomination Committee for the Stockholm Water Prize, and Chair of the Division of Geosciences of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. He also served as a contributing, lead, and coordinating lead authorfor the Working Group I of three IPCC assessment reports, and as editor of several international scientific journals. and he won the 2016 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award fromthe Chinese Academy of Sciences and the 2017 International Science and Technology Cooperation Award fromthe People's Republic of China.Recently, he was listed in the @Reuters Hot List of top climate scientists in the world and was awarded the H. M. the Swedish King’s Medal for his outstanding contributions to Swedish and international climate research.

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