Di Chen - Curriculum Vitae#

Personal Data

Chair Professor & Chairman, Dept of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen Univ of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China

Education

• 1982 Bacholar of Medicine (B.M.), Tianjin Medical College, Tianjin, China
  
• 1992 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Univ of Louisville, KY, USA

Professional Experience

• 2020 - present Chair Professor & Chairman, Dept of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Shenzhen Univ of Advanced Technology, Shenzhen, China
  
• 2017 - 2019 Tenure & Endowed Professor, Dept of Orthopedic Surgery, Rush Univ, Chicago, IL, USA
  
• 2011 - 2017 Tenure & Endowed Professor & Chairman, Dept of Biochemistry, Rush Univ, Chicago, IL, USA
  
• 2010 - 2011 Dean's Professor, Univ of Rochester, NY, USA
  
• 2008 - 2011 Professor with Tenure, Univ of Rochester, NY, USA
  
• 2006 - 2008 Associate Professor (Tenure-track), Univ of Rochester, NY, USA
  
• 2003 - 2006 Assistant Professor (Tenure-track), Univ of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
  
• 2000 - 2003 Assistant Professor, UTHSC at San Antonio, TX, USA
  
• 1995 - 2000 Scientist, OsteoScreen Inc., San Antonio, TX, USA

Membership of Professional Societies

• 1992 - presentAmerican Society for Bone and Mineral Research, US
  
• 2003 - presentOrthopedic Research Society, US
  
• 2020 - present Chinese Orthopedic Association
  
• 1996 - present International Chinese Musculoskeletal Research Society (ICMRS)
  
• 2025 Fellow, International Combined Orthopedic Research Societies
  
• 2025 Fellow, ICMRS

Research Grants 

24 NIH grants, US, with total funding over $20 million and 4 NSFC grants, China, with total funding > ¥10 million, focus on bone biology and osteoarthritis research.

NSFC: 82394444015, PI, 2024-2028 , Total: ¥2.9 million
NSFC: 82250710174, PI, 2023-2024, Total: ¥1.6 million
NSFC: 82161160342, PI, 2022-2025, Total: ¥1 million
NSFC: 82030067, PI, 2021-2025, Total: ¥3 million
NIH R01AR070222, PI, 2017-2022, Total: $1,727,000
NIH R01AR054465, PI, 2014-2019, Total : $1,683,000
NIH R01AR062136, PI, 2011-2016, Total : $1,721,250
NIH R01AR055915, PI, 2009-2014, Total : $1,719,755
NIH R01AR054465, PI, 2007-2011, Total : $1,038,328
NIH R01AR051189, PI, 2004-2010, Total : $1,559,516

Editorial Board Member

J Bone Miner Res (2008-2012)
J Cell Biochem (2008-2019)
Arthritis Res Ther (2009-2016)
J Biol Chem (2010-2014)
Arthritis Rheumatol (2011-2015)
Osteoarthr Cartilage (2012-2019)
Bone Res (2012-present)
J Orthop Transl (2013-2018), Ass. Editor (2018-present)
Sci Rep (2014-2019)
eLife (2022-2025)

Publications

Total 336 SCI papers, including Cell Metab (5), Science (1), Nat Med (1), Sci Transl Med (2), Nat Aging (1), Neuron (1), Nat Commun (6), Cell Rep Med (1) Total citations: 38,045, h-index: 98 (Google Scholar, Jan 2026). 26 book chapters, 2 associated editor.

Patents

6 US patents, 4 International PCT patents and 3 patents in China.

Invited Lectures

> 40 invited keynote or plenary lectures at national and international congresses.