Guoguang Chen is a Professor at the Nanjing Institute of Technology and Vice Dean of the School of Pharmacy. He is also the Party Secretary and Director of the Jiangsu Institute of Pharmacology. He was named the Chief Expert of the National Science and Technology Major Project - Major New Drug Creation Project. He holds eight authorized patents and has participated in the development and research of 12 new drugs which have achieved significant social and economic benefits. His research interests include new drug preparations and new preparation technologies, pharmaceutical excipients and packaging materials, separation and purification of effective ingredients in traditional Chinese medicine, new pediatric medicines, and functional food development.