Wing Chair of Cancer Research and professor of medicinal chemistry at Ohio State University (OSU).
[2] As of 2020, Chen has had ten of his research publications retracted, two papers have received an expression of concern, and five others have been corrected.
[4] Chen initially blamed postdoctoral fellows and laboratory staff for the issues, but after a university investigation concluded that Chen "deviat[ed] from the accepted practices of image handling and figure generation and intentionally falsif[ied] data" in 14 instances, including at least eight research papers, Chen admitted to research misconduct and resigned.
[6] The report found that Chen engaged in dishonest research practices beginning in 2001 and continuing throughout his career at OSU.
[4] Chen, who received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.