Academic Qualification
Ph.D. in Stony Brook University
Master in Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration
Bachelor in Hunan Normal University
Research Area
Tropical Multi-Scale Air-Sea Interaction;
Ocean Circulation And Mixing Mechanisms;
Coastal Dynamics And Ecosystem Processes;
Polar Climate Variability And Global Effects.
Working Experience
Dec. 2018 ~ Present, Director / Professor, Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Zhuhai) / Sun Yat-Sen University
May 2006 ~ Present, Research Fellow, Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration
May 1995 to Dec. 2012, Research Fellow, Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Oct. 1992 to Apr. 1995, USRA Visiting Scientist, NASA GSFC Center
Oct. 1989 to Sept. 1992, UCAR Post Doc., University of Rhode Island
Sept. 1985 to Sept. 1989, Research Assistant, School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Stony Brook University
Academic Publication (selected, *Corresponding Author)
1. Chen, D. *, S.E. Zebiak, A.J. Busalacchi and M.A. Cane. An improved procedure for El Niño forecasting: implications for predictability. Science, 1995, 269:1699-1702.
2. Chen, D. *, M.A. Cane, A. Kaplan, S.E. Zebiak and D. Huang；Predictability of El Niño over the past 148 years. Nature, 2004, 428:733-736.
3. Chen, D. *, T. Lian, C. Fu, M. A. Cane, Y. Tang, R. Murtugudde, X. Song, Q. Wu, and L. Zhou. Strong influence of westerly wind bursts on El Niño diversity. Nature Geoscience, 2015, 8:339-345.
4. Dong, C., Y. Liu, J. McWilliams and D. Chen*. Global heat and salt transports by eddy movement. Nature Communications, 5, 2014, 3294.
5. Chen, D. *, N. Smith and W. Kessler, The evolving ENSO observing system. National Science Review, 2018, 5:805-807.
6. Chen, D. *, L.M. Rothstein and A.J. Busalacchi. A hybrid vertical mixing scheme and its application to tropical ocean models. Journal of Physical Oceanography, 1994, 24:2156-2179.
7. Chen, D. *, A.J. Busalacchi and L.M. Rothstein. The roles of vertical mixing, solar radiation and wind stress in a model simulation of the sea surface temperature seasonal cycle in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Geophysical Research, 1994, 99: 20345 -20359.
8. Chen, D. *, T. W. Liu, W. Tang and Z. Wang, Air-sea interaction at an oceanic front: implications for frontogenesis and primary production. Geophysical Research Letters, 2003, 30:1745.
9. Chen, D. *, S.G. Horrigan and D.-P. Wang. The late summer nutrient mixing in Long Island Sound. Journal of Marine Research, 1988, 46:753-770.
10. Chen, D. *, and X. Yuan, A Markov model for seasonal forecast of Antarctic Sea ice. Journal of Climate, 2004, 17:3156-3168.
Research Grants
2018.01 -- 2022.12 大洋上层环流的位涡均一化理论研究，国家自然科学基金委重点项目，314万，主持。(National Natural Science Foundation of China)
2017.01 -- 2021.12 ENSO的变异机理和可预测性研究，国家自然科学基金委重大项目，2000万，主持。(National Natural Science Foundation of China)
2014.01 -- 2019.12 海洋动力环境的监测和预测研究，国家自然科学基金委创新群体项目，1200万，主持。(National Natural Science Foundation of China)
2013.08 -- 2017.08 上层海洋对台风的响应和调制机理研究，科技部973计划项目，3800万，主持。(National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program)
2012.01 -- 2015.12 南海北部物质搬运与沉积的海洋动力机制，国家自然科学基金重点项目，420万，主持。(National Natural Science Foundation of China)
Keynote Lecture
1. 中国在深海和极地的探秘之旅。中国 360 度透视，2018 年 11 月 21 日，香港。
2. 极地海洋科学研究动态。中国冰冻圈学会 2018 年年会，2018 年 11 月 17 日, 佛山。
3. The role of vertical mixing in driving the South China Sea circulation. The ACCME 3rd
Workshop on Ocean Surface Waves and Wave-Coupled Processes, October 21, 2018,
Hangzhou.
4. 热带和极地海洋科学研究展望。珠海海洋论坛，2018 年 7 月 18 日，广州。
5. Perspectives on ENSO prediction and projection. The 4th International Symposium on
Climate and Earth System Modeling, July 10, 2018, Nanjing.
6. New perspectives on polar oceanographic research. The 2nd International Workshop on
Regional Oceanic Numerical Modeling and Observation, July 2, 2018, Nanjing.
7. China’s potential contribution to SOOS and MOSAiC. POLAR2018, June 20, 2018, Davos.
8. An overview of Chinese Science Program for MOSAiC. Advancing MOSAiC Science
workshop, May 28, 2018, Potsdam.
9. The vision for the next decade of Chinese polar research. The SOOS 7th SSC Meeting, May
9, 2018, Hangzhou.
10. Trends in sea surface temperature gradient across the equatorial Pacific. The First Fudan
International Workshop on Atmospheric Science Frontiers (FIWAS): Extreme Events of
Weather, Climate and Air Pollution, January 18, 2018, Shanghai.
Professional Society Membership
Deputy Director of Polar Science and Technology Committee
Member of National Climate Change Expert Committee (NCCEC)
Member of the Chinese National Committee for Future Earth (CNC – FE)
Member of Integrated Research on Disaster Risk (IRDR – CHINA)
Chairman of Pacific-Asian Marginal Seas (PAMS) Meetings
Member of Tropical Pacific Observing System 2020 (TPOS 2020) Steering Committee
Member of Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) Scientific Steering Committee
