Zhe Chen is Assistant Professor at the New York University School of Medicine, having previously worked at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Harvard Medical School, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and an editorial board member of Neural Networks. Professor Chen has received a number of awards, including the Early Career Award from the Mathematical Biosciences Institute, and has had his work funded by the US National Science Foundation.