Jen-Tsung Chen is a Professor of Cell Biology at the Department of Life Sciences, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, where he teaches courses on cell biology, genomics, proteomics, plant physiology, and plant biotechnology. His research interests include bioactive compounds, chromatography techniques, plant molecular biology, plant biotechnology, bioinformatics, and systems pharmacology. In 2023 and 2024, Elsevier and Stanford University recognized Dr. Chen as one of the “World's Top 2% Scientists”. In 2025, Dr. Chen received the "Springer Nature Editorial Contribution Award" for his contributions to Plant Methods.