Dr. Chen received her B.S. (1995) and M.S. (1997) in Electrical Engineering from the National Taiwan University. She was an R&D engineer at ASUS Computer Inc., Taiwan from 1997 to 1999. She received her Ph.D. (2006) from the University of Washington at Seattle, WA, with dual degrees in Bioengineering and Nanotechnology. She then pursued her postdoctoral training at the Massachusetts General Hospital between 2006 and 2009.