Prof. Dr. Chen Hou is an associate researcher. He graduated from Northeast Forestry University with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences in July 2009, from Uppsala University (Sweden) with a master's degree in biological sciences in July 2011, and from Stockholm University (Sweden) with a doctorate in plant systematics in June 2016. From May 2017 to October 2017, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and from November 2017 to December 2020, he conducted postdoctoral research at Sun Yat-sen University. Since January 2021, he has been engaged in forest tree genetics and breeding at the Guangdong Academy of Forestry.