Lin Chen is an associate professor and master's supervisor in the Department of Plant Sciences at the College of Life Sciences, Nanjing Forestry University. He has presided over and participated in more than 20 projects, including one National Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund project, one general project, and one Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation Youth Fund project. He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Plant Protection from the College of Plant Protection at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University from September 2002 to July 2006, and a PhD in Botany from the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, South China Botanical Garden, from September 2006 to July 2011. He serves as the Deputy Director of the International Registration Center for Osmanthus Cultivated Varieties, Vice Chairman of the National Osmanthus Industry Innovation Alliance, Deputy Secretary-General of the National Southern Woody Flower Industry Innovation Alliance, and Deputy Secretary-General of the Jiangsu Characteristic Woody Flower Industry Technology Innovation Strategic Alliance.