Councillor for Asiasongbi chen

Professor Songbi Chen
Deputy Director of Academic Committee, Tropical Crops Genetic Resources Institute (TCGRI), Chinese Academy of Tropical Agricultural Sciences (CATAS)
Haikou 571101, ChinaCell Phone: +86 15120690896
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Profile
Professor Songbi CHEN is an expert on cassava breeding, cassava genome and proteome in TCGRI, CATAS. He has 10 years’ experience in scientific management because he served as the deputy director of TCGRI, CATAS from 2010 to 2020. He has the experience in research and collaborations as an expert on cassava cooperated to work with CIAT, Embrapa, University of Greenwich, Kasetsart University and so on. He currently serves as a director of CATAS-CIAT joint Laboratory.

He is currently a Visiting Professor in University of Greenwich, UK. Professor Chen is a Chief Scientist in charge of the National Key R&D Program of China (2019YFD1000500) from 2019 to 2022. He has expertise in the aspects of cassava postharvest physiological deterioration, cassava starch and carotenoid accumulation in storage roots. He is a specialist in cassava breeding based on cassava genome and proteome. He had 134 peer-reviewed papers and other publications. He has inventor of 10 patents in China. He released 2 cassava cultivars including SC12 and SC14. He won the reputation of “Outstanding Talents” presented by Hainan Province Government in 2020 and his team won the Award of “Chinese Agricultural Science and Technology Outstanding Innovation Team” presented by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2013.