Hualan Chen, Professor

Hualan Chen is a professor in the Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences. She is currently director of the State Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, director of the National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory of China, WOAH Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory, and FAO Animal Influenza Reference Center. Her research focus is the study of influenza virus and the development of vaccines against this virus. She performs extensive basic research to understand the evolution and genetic basis of the virulence and host range of avian influenza viruses and has published over 200 papers in international peer-reviewed journals, such as Science, Cell Research, Cell Host & Microbe, and PNAS. She has established several platforms for avian influenza vaccine development, and nearly 300 billion doses of vaccines she has developed have been used to control H5N1 and H7N9 influenza viruses in poultry in China and elsewhere. She was selected as one of the “10 people that mattered in 2013” by Nature and was awarded the 2016 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards. She was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2017 and a member of the World Academy of Sciences for developing countries in 2018.