Vita

Name & Position

Xueen CHEN, Prof. in Oceanography, Department of Ocean Science at Ocean University of China; Visiting Professor at Liverpool Unversity, UK

Education & Major

PhD. in Oceanography, 2004.12.14, Hamburg University

Contact

Email: xchen@ouc.edu.cn

Office Tel & Fax : +86-532-6678-2550

Research interest

Coastal dynamics modelling; Ecosystem modelling; Data assimilation; Sea-test technologies’ developing for oceanic instruments; Internal waves and ocean mixing

Education

1990.09-1994.07: Applied Mathematics, Ocean University of Qingdao, Bachelor Degree in 1994

1994.09-1997.07: Physical Oceanography, Ocean University of Qingdao, Master Degree in 1997

2002.03 -2004.12:Institute of Oceanography,University of Hamburg; Ph.D. in 2004

Research experience

1997.07-1999.09:Institute of Physical Oceanography; Ocean University of China;Teaching Assistant

1999.10-2002.02:Institute of Physical Oceanography; Ocean University of China;Lecturer

2005.01 -2006.10:Center for Marine and Atmosphere Science, University of Hamburg; Research scientist

2006.10-2011.11:Associate Professor in Oceanography; Ocean University of China

2007.01 -2007.03: AWI, Bremenhaven, Germany; Research scientist

2007.07 - 2007.09:Center for Marine and Atmosphere Science, University of Hamburg; Research scientist

2011.12: Professor in Oceanography; College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography; Ocean University of China

2012.10-2015.09: Visiting Professor, University of Liverpool, UK

Projects (in last 3 years)

1、 Solitons in South China Sea and their Generation, propagation as well as three dimensional effects, 2012.1-2015.12, NSFC Project

2、 Research on sea-test technologies regulations and standards of newly developed oceanic instruments, 2013.1-2014.12, Project of National High-Tech Research and Development Program of China

3、 Modelling global eddy field and solitons in South China Sea using a supercomputing approach, 2012.1-2014.12, Science and Technology Planning Project of Shandong Province

Selected publications in peer-reviewed journals (in last 3 years)

1、C. Guo, X. Chen**, 2013, A review of internal solitary wave dynamics in the northern South China Sea, Progress in Oceanography, Doi: 10.1016/j.pocean.2013.04.002

2、ZHAO Jian, CHEN Xueen**, XU Jiangling, HUWei, CHEN Jinrui, Pohlmann Thomas, 2013, Assimilation of surface currents into a regionalmodel over Qingdao coastal waters of China, Acta Oceanol. Sin., Vol. 32, No. 7, P. 1-8, DOI: 10.1007/s13131-013-0301-9

3、Guo, C., V. Vlasenko, W. Alpers, N. Stashchuk, and X. Chen, 2012, Evidence of short internal waves trailing strong internal solitary waves in the northern South China Sea from synthetic aperture radar observations, Rem. Sens. Environ., 124, 542-550, doi:10.1016/j.rse.2012.06.001

4、Wang, Z., D. Wu, X. Song, X. Chen, and S. Nicholls, 2012, Sun-Moon Gravitation Induced Wave Characteristics and Climate Variation, J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2011JD016967

5、C. Guo, X. Chen**, 2012, Numerical investigation of large amplitude second mode internal solitary waves over a slope-shelf topography, Ocean Modelling,Vol. 42,P80–91

6、CHEN Xueen, ZHAN Peng, CHEN Jinrui, QIAN Hongbao, 2011, Numerical study of current-fields near the ChangjiangEstuary and impact of Quick-EnKF assimilation,Acta Oceanol. Sin., Vol. 30, No. 5, doi: 10.1007/s13131-010-0053-8

7、LI Huan, SONG Dan, CHEN Xueen**, QIAN Hongbao, MU Lin, SONG Jun, 2011, Numerical study of M2 internal tide generation andpropagation in the Luzon Strait, Acta Oceanol. Sin., Vol. 30, No. 5, doi: 10.1007/s13131-010-0079-y

8、Jian Zhao,Xueen Chen**,Wei Hu,Jinrui Chen, Mingke Guo,2011, Dynamics of Surface Currents over Qingdao Coastal Waters in August 2008, Journal of Geophysical Research, Vol. 116, doi:10.1029/2011JC006954

9、D. Li, X. Chen**, A. Liu, 2011,On the generation and evolution of internal solitary waves in the northwestern South China Sea, Ocean Modelling, Volume 40, Issue 2, Pages 105-119

10、C. Guo, X. Chen**, V. Vlasenko, N. Stashchuk, 2011,Numerical investigation of internal solitary waves from the Luzon Strait: Generation process, mechanism and three-dimensional effects,Ocean Modelling, Volume 38, Issues 3-4, Pages 203-216

11、V. Vlasenko, N. Stashchuk, C. Guo, X. Chen, 2010, Multimodal structure of baroclinic tides in the South China Sea, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 2010，17, p529-543

12、YU Huaming, CHEN Xueen**, BAO Xianwen, Thomas Pohlmann, WU Dexing, 2010,Novel high resolution model without open boundary conditions applied to the China Seas: first investigation on tides,Acta Oceanol. Sin., Vo1.29, No.6, P12-25

13、Dan Song, Thomas Pohlmann, Xueen Chen, Dexing Wu, 2010, The role of sea water viscidity in modeling the vertical movement of internal tides, Ocean Modelling, doi: 10. 1016/ j. ocemod. 2010. 04. 005

Books

1、Hense, A., J. Sündermann, H. Drewes, M. Thomas, X. Chen, R. Dill, M. Müller, F. Seitz, J. Stuck, C. Walter, T. Winkelnkemper (2009). Physically consistent system model for the study of the Earth’s rotation, surface deformation and gravity field parameters, Dt. Geod. Komm., Reihe B, Heft 317, 53p. ISBN 978-3-7696-8596-1

Awards

1、 National Science and Technology Progress Award, 2011, Wu D & X Chen et al.

2、 MOE Science and Technology Progress Award, 2010, Wu D & X Chen et al.

3、 MOE Natural Science Award, 2012, Wu D, Lin X, Wan X and X Chen et al.

Appointments

1、2007.11-present, Vice head of International Office at Ocean University of China

2、2011.03-present, Executive Head of Sino-German Centre for Cooperation in Marine Sciences

3、2007.12-present, Secretary General of the Chinese National Committee for IAPSO

Synergistic Activities

Chen obtained his PhD title from University of Hamburg, Germany in 2004 and worked at Center for Marine and Atmosphere Science, University of Hamburg from 2005 to 2006. He is now a professor with College of Physical and Environmental Oceanography, Ocean University of China and executive director of Center for Sino-German Cooperation in Marines Sciences since 2011. He is the Secretary-General of IAPSO China from 2007 and visiting professor at University of Liverpool since 2012.

He has several ongoing research grants from NSFC, MOST and SOA including the one that he acts as the chief scientist of the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), i.e. Oceanic Instruments’ at-sea Test. His research interests include coastal dynamics modelling,ecosystem modelling,data assimilation and sea-test technologies’ developing for oceanic instruments, as well as internal waves and ocean mixing. He has published over 30 articles in journals such as Progress in Oceanography, JGR, Ocean Modelling, etc.