Zhangxin ChenDr. Chen is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, currently holds the NSERC/AI-EES/Foundation CMG Industrial Research Chair in Reservoir Simulation and AITF (iCORE) Industrial Chair in Reservoir Modeling, and is Directo, iCentre for Simulation & Visualization, University of Calgary. His Ph.D. (1991), MSc (1985) and BS (1983) are from Purdue University, USA, Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Jiangxi University, China, respectively. He was a professor and reservoir engineer at Xi’an Jiaotong University, Peking University, University of Minnesota, Texas A&M University, Mobil, and Southern Methodist University (SMU). Dr. Chen held the Gerald J. Ford Professorship at SMU, Dallas, Texas, USA, and was awarded the Chang Jiang Chaired Professorship by the Chinese Ministry of Education and “Qian Ren Plan Expert” by the Chinese Government. Other significant appointments include Director of the Center for Scientific Computation, SMU, Director of the Center for Advanced Reservoir Modeling and Simulation, Peking University, and President of the Chinese Association of Science and Technology in Texas. He has published and/or edited 19 books and over 670 research papers, and has given over 380 invited (plenary and keynote) presentations worldwide. He has received numerous prestigious awards and honors, such as Fellow of Canadian Academy of Engineering, NSERC’s Synergy Award for Innovation, The Outstanding Leadership in Alberta Technology Award, IBM Faculty Award, Imperial Oil University Research Award, Fields-CAIMS Prize and Gerald J. Ford Research Fellowship Award. His research interest is in Reservoir Engineering and Numerical Reservoir Simulation for conventional and unconventional oil and gas reservoirs. Read More Read Less