Heng Chen received a BSc degree from North China Electric Power University, in 2012, and an MSc degree and PhD degree from Xi'an Jiaotong University, in 2017. He completed Joint Doctoral Training at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, from 2016 to 2017. He conducted postdoctoral research at North China Electric Power University from 2018 to 2020. Since 2020, he has been a Lecturer and an Associate Professor at North China Electric Power University. He has been engaged in research on energy system optimization and innovation, complementary integration of power sources and energy storage, intelligent power systems, grid value enhancement, and full-process project management. He has won second prize for the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award, first prize for the Power Engineering Science and Technology Progress Award, third prize for the Power Construction Science and Technology Progress Award, and second prize for Beijing Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award.