Recently, Professor Huilin Chen from our school was officially awarded the title of Honorary Professor by the Faculty of Science and Engineering of the University of Groningen, one of Europe's oldest universities, in recognition of his pioneering work and outstanding contributions in the field of atmospheric greenhouse gas research. The title of Honorary Professor is an academic distinction conferred by the university upon experts and scholars who have achieved excellence in specific academic fields and made significant contributions to the advancement of academic research and education.
Founded in 1614, the University of Groningen ranks among the top 100 universities worldwide. The Faculty of Science and Engineering is the university's largest faculty, with the broadest range of research disciplines. It is committed to advancing scientific innovation and knowledge development and has nurtured numerous first-class scientists and engineers with a global perspective. Notably, the faculty has seen Professor Frits Zernike awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1953, and Professor Ben Feringa awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2016.
Professor Huilin Chen's research focuses primarily on precise quantification of greenhouse gas emissions, ecosystem carbon flux and its mechanism, and stratospheric physical and chemical processes. He has led multiple national and international research projects, including China's National Key R&D Program Strategic Scientific and Technological Innovation Cooperation Project, National Natural Science Foundation of China General Program, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) project, and the NOAA project from the United States. Professor Chen has published over 80 peer-reviewed journal papers, including PNAS and Environmental Science and Technology, with more than 4,000 citations on Google Scholar. He has served as Chair of the Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) Monitoring Station Assembly Atmosphere, an invited expert for the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) program of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and as Associate Editor of the European Geosciences Union journal Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. Professor Chen Huilin's personal homepage is as follows: