1990

Born in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

1995

Moved to Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

2000

Moved to Hong Kong

2008/05

Graduated: Sha Tin College (International Baccalaureate)

2008/09

Started undergraduate studies in University of Oxford, U.K.

2011/06

Graduated: BA Biological Sciences, University of Oxford

2011/09

Started doctorate studies in University of Oxford, U.K.

2015/3

Graduated: Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Zoology, University of Oxford

2015/5

JAMSTEC International Postdoctoral Fellow

• The Chong Chen's CV Link

2017

• Watsuji T, Tsubaki R, Chen C, Nagai Y, Nakagawa S, Yamamoto M, Nishiura D, Toyofuku T, Takai K
  Cultivation mutualism between a deep-sea vent galatheid crab and chemosynthetic epibionts.
  Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2017.04.012
• Sigwart JD, Chen C
  Brooding behaviour explains patchy distribution in a shallow-water invertebrate (Mollusca: Polyplacophora: Lepidopleurida).
  Marine Biodiversity, First Online, DOI: 10.1007/s12526-017-0688-1
• Zhang Y [Yanjie], Sun J, Chen C, Watanabe HK, Feng D, Zhang Y [Yu], Chiu JMY, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W
  Adaptation and evolution of polynoid scale-worms (Annelida: Polynoidae): insights from transcriptome comparison among two deep-sea and a shallow-water species.
  Scientific Reports, 7: 46205. DOI: 10.1038/srep46205
• Sigwart JD, Chen C, Marsh L
  Is mining the seabed bad for mollusks?
  The Nautilus 131(1): 43-50.
• Chen C*, Uematsu K, Linse K, Sigwart JD
  By more ways than one: Rapid convergence in adaptations to hydrothermal vents shown by 3D anatomical reconstruction of Gigantopelta (Mollusca: Neomphalina).
  BMC Evolutionary Biology, 17:62. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-017-0917-z

2016

• Chen C, Watanabe HK, Ohara Y
  A very deep Provanna (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) discovered from the Shinkai Seep Field, Southern Mariana Forearc.
  Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. DOI: 10.1017/S0025315416001648
• Okumura T, Ohara Y, Stern RJ, Yamanaka T, Onishi Y, Watanabe H, Chen C, Bloomer SH, Pujana I, Sakai S, Ishii T, Takai K
  Brucite chimney formation and carbonate alteration at the Shinkai Seep Field, a serpentinite-hosted vent system in the Southern Mariana Forearc.
  Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 17(9): 3775-3796. DOI: 10.1002/2016GC006449
• Xu T, Sun J, Chen C, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W
  The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea snail Provanna sp. (Gastropoda: Provannidae).
  Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 27(6): 4026-4027. DOI: 10.3109/ 19401736.2014.1003827
• Chen C, Ogura T, Hirayama H, Watanabe HK, Miyazki J, Okutani T
  First seep-dwelling Desbruyeresia (Gastropoda: Abyssochrysoidea) species discovered from a serpentinite-hosted seep in the southeastern Mariana Forearc.
  Molluscan Research. DOI: 10.1080/13235818.2016.1172547

2015

• Chen C, Linse K, Roterman CN, Copley JT, Rogers AD.
  A new genus of large hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae).
  Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 175(2): 319-335.
• Chen C, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD.
  Low connectivity between 'scaly-foot gastropod' (Mollusca: Peltospiridae) populations at hydrothermal vents on the Southwest Indian Ridge and the Central Indian Ridge.
  Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 15(4): 663-670. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12279
• Chen C, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD, Sigwart J.
  The heart of a dragon: 3D anatomical reconstruction of the ‘scaly-foot gastropod’ (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Neomphalina) reveals its extraordinary circulatory system.
  Frontiers in Zoology, 12:13. DOI: 10.1186/ s12983-015-0105-1
• Nakajima R, Yamamoto H, Kawagucci S, Takaya Y, Nozaki T, Chen C, Fujikura K, Miwa T, Takai K.
  Post-drilling changes in seabed landscape and megabenthos in a deep-sea hydrothermal system, the Iheya North field, Okinawa Trough.
  PLoS ONE, 10(4), e0123095. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123095
• Chen C, Linse K, Copley JT, Rogers AD.
  The ‘scaly-foot gastropod’: a new genus and species of hydrothermal vent-endemic gastropod (Neomphalina: Peltospiridae) from the Indian Ocean.
  Journal of Molluscan Studies, 81(3): 322-334. DOI: 10.1093/mollus/eyv013.
• Nakamura M, Chen C, Mitarai S.
  Insights into life-history traits of Munidopsis spp. (Anomura: Munidopsidae) from hydrothermal vent fields in the Okinawa Trough, in comparison with the existing data.
  Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 100: 48-53. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2015.02.007
• Xu T, Sun J, Chen C, Qian P-Y, Qiu J-W.
  The mitochondrial genome of the deep-sea snail Provanna sp. (Gastropoda: Provannidae).
  Mitochondrial DNA, 2015 Sep 4: 1-2. DOI: 10.3109/ 19401736.2014.1003827
• Chen C, Copley JT, Linse K, Rogers AD, Sigwart J.
  How the mollusc got its scales: convergent evolution of the molluscan scleritome.
  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114: 949-954.
• Houart R., Moe CO, Chen C.
  Description of two new species of Chicomurex from the Philippine Islands (Gastropoda: Muricidae) with update of the Philippines species and rehabilitation of Chicomurex gloriosus (Shikama, 1977).
  Venus: the Japanese Journal of Malacology, 73(1-2): 1-14.

2014

• Chen C.
  Molluscs found in hydrothermal vents of Okinawa Trough: extreme species living in a poisonous paradise.
  The Festivus, 45(3): 75-81.
• Houart R., Moe CO, Chen C.
  Chicourex lani sp. nov. (Gastropoda: Muricidae), a new species and its intricate history.
  Bulletin of Malacology, Taiwan, 37: 1-14.

• 2016/04/14　Malacological Society of London Annual Award
• 2015/06/04　BECoME 2015 Best Oral Presentation Award
• 2013/07 World Congress of Malacology Conference 2013 Best Poster Presentation Award

• 2017/04/01-2017/09/20　Sophia University, Part-time Lecturer
• 2016/10-　Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, CA, U.S.A., Affiliate
• 2015/04-　The Malacological Society of London Council Member

• Kannonzaki Nature Museum, Public Lecture
  2017/03/11
• Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History, Public Lecture
  2017/02/25
• Maniac Manual Vol.3 “Deep-Sea”
  2016/06/20
• Maniac Manual Vol.2 “Shell”
  2016/02/10