Min Chen | |
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Born | 1963 (age 60–61) China |
Education | Northeast Normal University (BSc, & MSc) University of Sydney (Ph.D.) |
Alma mater | University of Sydney |
Known for | chlorophyll f |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Biology |
Institutions | University of Sydney |
Website | University of Sydney page |
Min Chen is an Australian plant physiologist. She was born in China and educated in Northeast Normal University China - BSc in 1984 and MSc in 1987 and received her PhD in 2003 from The University of Sydney Australia. She is a full professor and Australian Research Council Future Fellow in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Sydney. Her research is primarily concerned with elucidating the molecular and biochemical mechanism of the energy-storing reactions in photosynthetic organisms, especially the function of novel photopigments in oxygenic photosynthetic bacteria.