Zhangxin Chen is a professor in the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering and the Director of the Foundation CMG/Frank and Sarah Meyer Collaboration Centre at the University of Calgary. He is a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Engineering. Dr. Chen has the distinction of holding two chairs: the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada/Energi Simulation Senior Research Chair in Reservoir Simulation and the Alberta Innovates Technology Futures (AITF, formerly iCORE) Industrial Chair in Reservoir Modeling. Dr. Chen holds a PhD degree from Purdue University.