Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) in 2002. He was then working on his Post-Doctorate with Queen's University. In 2003 he was appointed as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, USask, where he was promoted to an Associate Professor and a full Professor in 2007 and 2010, respectively. Dr. Chen's research interests include bioprinting, tissue engineering, combating infectious diseases, synchrotron-based biomedical imaging, and mechatronics. His research has been mainly supporting by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF), and National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in the areas of bioprinting, tissue engineering, and control systems.