Affiliation: The University of Western Australia

Dr. Yinglong Chen has 28 years of research experience focusing on the structure and functions of plant roots and rhizosphere interactions. He developed a novel phenotyping platform and conducted world-first phenotyping studies for characterizing root trait variability among diverse germplasms in major food crops. Dr. Chen has published four scholarly books and over 200 journal publications and has edited six books and collections. He was a visiting fellow at CSIRO, Murdoch University, INRA, Forschungszentrum Julich, and Pennsylvania State University, and holds adjunct/guest professorships in seven institutions.