Dongmin Chen

Dr. Dongmin Chen is a chair professor at the Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies at Peking University. He is the Executive Director of the Songshan Lake Materials Lab. He was the former Director of the Office of Science and Technology Development at Peking University, which oversees university-industrial partnership, university technology licensing, spin-offs, several incubators and investment funds. Prof. Chen is the International Adviser of WIPO Global Innovation Index. He is also an advisor in innovative economic development of a number of municipal government.

Prof. Chen is a partner advisor of the Light Capital, an early stage venture fund specialized in AI and blockchain technology startups.

Dr. Chen is a serial entrepreneur and has co-founded two silicon-valley-startups，raised more than 100M USD from top VC firms. He co-authored more than 100 scientific publications and 150 US and international patents. Dr. Chen is an Associated Editor for the Journal of Applied Physics.