Chen Jian

Chen Jian (born 1 May 1962) is a Chinese engineer and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, formerly served as president of Jiangnan University from 2005 to 2020.

Biography Chen was born in Wuxi County, Jiangsu, on 1 May 1962. In 1979, he attended Tsinghua University, graduating in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in environmental engineering. He went on to receive his master's degree in 1986 and doctor's degree in 1990 at Wuxi Institute of Light Industry (now Jiangnan University) both in fermentation engineering. He was honored as a Distinguished Young Scholar by the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars in 2006.

Honors and awards 2013 Science and Technology Innovation Award of the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation 27 November 2017 Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE)