Dr. Chen is a co-inventor of inCVAX (IP-001) and a co-founder of Immunophotonics, Inc. Currently, he is Professor and Stephenson Chair of Biomedical Engineering, in the Stephenson School of Biomedical Engineering, the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Chen’s research focuses on laser medicine, with a special emphasis on ablation-based immunotherapy for metastatic cancers.

Dr. Chen received his PhD degree in theoretical high-energy particle physics. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of SPIE – the International Society for Optics and Photonics. He established in 2006 and has since chaired the international conference “Biophotonics and Immune Responses.” Dr. Chen was the recipient of the 2008 US Professor of the Year award, the 2012 SPIE Educator Award, and the 2011-2012 US Fulbright Lecturing/Research Award. He served as Dean of College of Mathematics and Science, University of Central Oklahoma, from 2016 to 2020. He has published more than 170 peer-reviewed articles and was awarded 10 US patents.