Wen Feng Chen graduated from the Department of Biology, Henan Normal University, and received his B.S. in 1996. Then, he obtained his M.S. from the Institute of Microbiology, Yunnan University, in 1999. In 2002, he completed his Ph.D. at the College of Biology, China Agricultural University, and became a Lecturer (2002–2005) and an Associate Professor (2005–present). His research interests include symbiotic nitrogen fixation, analyzing the intrinsic and extrinsic molecular mechanisms that affect the symbiotic nitrogen fixation relationship between rhizobia and legumes, and the efficiency of symbiotic nitrogen fixation.