Yong Chen currently works at Nanjing Tech University, College of Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Engineering, National Engineering Research Center for Biotechnology, Nanjing, China. Chen performs research in Metabolic Engineering, Synthetic Biology, Fermentation Engineering. Chen's current project is 'surface immobilization of microorganisms and mechanism of biofilm formation' in E.coli, Corynebacterium glutamicum, Yeast and Bacillus subtilis. He is also interested in enzyme immobilization.