Professor CHEN's research areas are in the fields of personality and social psychology, as well as cultural psychology. Specifically, her research interests include the social psychology of bilingualism and biculturalism, globalization and multiculturalism, personality and social behavior in cultural contexts, as well as cultural diversity and mental health. Her work has appeared in leading journals in the field, such as PNAS Nexus, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, American Psychologist, Psychological Science, and Social Psychological and Personality Science. She was a recipient of the Jung-heun Park Young Scholar Award (2005) and Michael Harris Bond Award for Early Career Research Contributions (2013) conferred by the Asian Association of Social Psychology, Early Career Award (2016) conferred by the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, and the Humanities and Social Sciences Prestigious Fellowship Scheme (2018/19) awarded by the RGC. She also received several academic awards from the American Psychological Association Division 52 (International Psychology), including the Outstanding International Psychologist Award (2022). She was invited to be a keynote speaker at different international conferences, including the 32nd (ICP2020+) and 33rd (ICP2024) International Congress of Psychology. She was ranked as one of Best Scientists in China in the field of Psychology by Research.com in 2024.