Strategic Collaborations:

Prof. Chen actively collaborates with Clinicians to translate materials innovations into healthcare solutions, Industry partners to address industrial needs, Regulatory bodies (e.g., FDA) to inform safety standards and policy.

Cross-disciplinary collaborations with colleagues at Loughborough, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Southampton, Cambridge, Sheffield, Ohio, Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Lab, Brisbane, Singapore, etc.

Professional Membership/ Editorial & Advisory Roles:

  • UKRI Talent Panel College Membership (2022-present) 
  • Sigma Xi Full Membership;  
  • EPSRC peer review college member  
  • Fellow of Royal Microscope Society  
  • EPSRC Healthcare Technology Panel Member in 2019 
  • UKRI COVID panel member in 2020 and 2021. 
  • Principal Editor, Journal of Materials Research
  • Editorial Board Member, Scientific Reports,
  • Editorial Board Member, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
  • Materials Research Society;  
  • Europe Society of Biomechanics;  
  • Tissue and Cell Engineering Society; 
  • Institute of Physics;  
  • UKRI Metamaterials Hub Expert Panel
  • EPSRC Open Fellowship Expert Panel
  • UKRI Talent Panel
  • EPSRC UK-Japan Collaboration Expert Panel
  • Reviewer for UKRI (EPSRC, BBSRC, MRC) and international funding bodies (e.g., France, Germany, Switzerland, Singapore)
  • Past Committee member of equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in School of Engineering, Newcastle University
  • Past Chair of the Tyne & Wear Materials Society.
  • Initiated and chaired the Biointerface symposium at the well-established International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films (ICMCTF) in the USA