Dongmin Chen

Dr. Dongmin Chen is the deputy director of Tsientang Institute for Advanced Study and the director of  Tsintang Material Research Laboratory.  He is also the Director of the Technology Commercialization Committee and the founding executive director (2019-2024) of Guangdong Songshan Lake Materials Lab.  He was the former Dean of School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the co-director of the Center for Emerging Technology Industry Innovation Research, at Peking University.  Prof. Chen was a former advisor of WIPO Global Innovation Index.  He was appointed as an advisor in innovative economic development by a number of municipal governments in China.

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