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Dr. Chun-Long Chen is currently a senior research scientist at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). His research focuses on developing sequence-defined synthetic polymers to mimic natural proteins for bio-inspired crystallization and for hierarchical self-assembly of energy- and health-related biomimetic materials. He received his Ph.D. degree in physical inorganic chemistry from Sun Yat-Sen (Zhongshan) University in China. His doctoral research was focused on the design and assembly of metallo-supramolecules and the study of their formation mechanisms and structural dynamics. Since then, he has worked extensively on the applications of "bottom-up" assembly approaches, including the self-assembly of proteins, peptides and peptoids for bio-inspired crystallization, and the assembly of complex nanoparticle superstructures by combining peptide self-assembly and peptide-directed mineralization. Throughout his career Dr. Chen has built extensive experience in both synthetic chemistry and materials science, developing a highly interdisciplinary approach to achieve the rational design and assembly of biomimetic materials. Dr. Chen has published more than 60 papers with three US patents.