Dr. Jingen Chen received both his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Lanzhou University, China, in 1996 and 1999, respectively, and obtained his Ph. D. degree from the Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, the Chinese Academy of Sciences (SINAP) in 2005. He is currently working at SINAP as a researcher and is responsible for research into core design, Th-U fuel cycles, and nuclear data of the molten salt reactor system in the TMSR (Thorium-based Molten Salt Reactor nuclear energy system) program, which is the project launched by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) investigating thorium utilization in molten salt reactors (MSRs). His research interests include reactor multi-physics coupling model study, the core design of MSRs, nuclear fuel cycle study, nuclear data study, etc. Up to now, he has published around 80 papers relating to MSR studies.