Peng Chen

Prof. Peng Chen is currently the Qiantang-Boya Distinguished Professor of Chemical Biology at Peking University, and the New Cornerstone Investigator from the New Cornerstone Foundation. Before joining Peking University in 2009, he obtained Ph.D with Prof. Chuan He at The University of Chicago and finished postdoctoral training with Prof. Peter Schultz at The Scripps Research Institute. He is currently also the Director of Chemical Biology Division at Chinese Chemical Society and the Executive Editor at ACS Chemical Biology. The Chen group is interested in developing and applying new chemistry tools to investigate protein-based interactions and activities in living systems. He has been leading the development of bioorthogonal cleavage reactions, which allowed the gain-of-function study of proteins as well as other biomolecules in living cells and animals. This has created a new direction in bioorthogonal chemistry with broad utilities in life sciences and medicine. His group is also interested in developing cutting-edge technology for membrane protein degradation towards solid tumor treatment.