Dake Chen

Dake Chen is a world-renowned physical oceanographer and an academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences. He received his Ph.D. from Stony Brook University in 1989, and then worked successively at University of Rhode Island, NASA/GSFC and Columbia University as a research scientist and professor, he assumed the directorship of the State Key Laboratory of Satellite Ocean Environment Dynamics from 2006 to 2016. 
His main research fields cover a wide range, from turbulent mixing in estuaries and shallow seas to global climate fluctuations associated with El Nino and the Southern Oscillation (ENSO). His most significant contributions include high-impact studies on ENSO prediction and predictability, a novel approach to the parameterization of oceanic vertical mixing, and original work on coastal upwelling and frontal dynamics. He has been the chief scientist of two national "973" projects, presided over many national key and major funding projects, and served as the academic leader of the innovative research group of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Recently, his research focus has extended to ocean-typhoon interaction, ocean general circulation, and Arctic/Antarctic climate prediction.