2015.09-2021.06 Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D.
2011.09-2015.07 Xiamen University, Mechanical Design and Automation, Bachelor

2023.10 to date, Assistant Professor, Robotics Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2021.06-2023.09, Postdoctoral Researcher, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Research Interest: Bio-robotics and Neural Interfacing Techniques
1) Bio-robotics Design and Control
2) Non-invasive Decoding of Motor Unit Action Potentials
3) Neurophysiology underlying Human Movements
4) Intelligent Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Techniques

There are vacancies for Ph.D. and Master positions in 2024 and 2025.

I have engaged in the field of bio-robotics since 2016, and have published 21 SCI-indexed journal papers, including IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, and Journal of Neural Engineering.

【2023】
* C. Chen, Y. Yu, X. Sheng, J. Meng, and X. Zhu#, "Real-Time Hand Gesture Recognition by Decoding Motor Unit Discharges Across Multiple Motor Tasks from Surface Electromyography," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 70, no. 7, pp. 1-11, 2023.
* C. Chen, Y. Yu, X. Sheng, J. Meng, and X. Zhu#, "Mapping Individual Motor Unit Activity to Continuous Three-DoF Wrist Torques: Perspectives for Myoelectric Control," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 31, pp. 1807-1815, 2023.
* C. Chen, S. Ma, X. Sheng, and X. Zhu#, "A peel-off convolution kernel compensation method for surface electromyography decomposition," Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 85, p. 104897, 2023.
* N. Jiang#, C. Chen, J. He, J. Meng, L. Pan, S. Su, and X. Zhu, "Bio-robotics research for non-invasive myoelectric neural-interfaces for prosthetic control—a ten-year perspective review," National Science Review, vol. 10, no. 5, p. nwad048, 2023.
* M. Xia, C. Chen, Y. Xu, Y. Li, X. Sheng#, and H. Ding, "Extracting Individual Muscle Drive and Activity From High-Density Surface Electromyography Signals Based on the Center of Gravity of Motor Unit," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. PP, pp. 1-11, 2023, doi: 10.1109/TBME.2023.3266575.
* G. Gu#, N. Zhang, C. Chen, H. Xu, and X. Zhu, "Soft Robotics Enables Neuroprosthetic Hand Design," ACS Nano, vol. 17, no. 11, pp. 9661-9672, 2023.

【2022】
* C. Chen, S. Ma, Y. Yu, X. Sheng, and X. Zhu#, "Segment-Wise Decomposition of Surface Electromyography to Identify Discharges Across Motor Neuron Populations," IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, vol. 30, pp. 2012-2021, 2022.
* C. Chen, Y. Yu, X. Sheng, and X. Zhu#, "Non-Invasive Analysis of Motor Unit Activation During Simultaneous and Continuous Wrist Movements," IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 2106-2115, 2022.
* F. Qiu, X. Liu, Y. Xu, L. Shi, X. Sheng, and C. Chen#, "Neural inputs from spinal motor neurons to lateralis vastus muscle: Comparison between sprinters and nonathletes," Frontiers in Physiology, vol. 13, 2022.
* Y. Yu, C. Chen, J. Zhao, X. Sheng, and X. Zhu#, "Surface Electromyography Image-Driven Torque Estimation of Multi-DoF Wrist Movements," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 795-804, 2022.
* S. Ma, C. Chen, J. Zhao, D. Han, X. Sheng, D. Farina, and X. Zhu#, "Analytical Modelling of Surface EMG Signals Generated by Curvilinear Fibers With Approximate Conductivity Tensor," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 69, no. 3, pp. 1052-1062, 2022.

【2021】
* C. Chen, Y. Yu, X. Sheng, D. Farina, and X. Zhu#, "Simultaneous and proportional control of wrist and hand movements by decoding motor unit discharges in real time," Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 18, no. 5, p. 056010, 2021.
* Y. Yu, C. Chen, X. Sheng#, and X. Zhu, "Wrist Torque Estimation via Electromyographic Motor Unit Decomposition and Image Reconstruction," IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol. 25, no. 7, pp. 2557-2566, 2021.

【2020】
* C. Chen, Y. Yu, S. Ma, X. Sheng, C. Lin, D. Farina, and X. Zhu#, "Hand gesture recognition based on motor unit spike trains decoded from high-density electromyography," Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 55, p. 101637, 2020.
* C. Chen, S. Ma, X. Sheng, D. Farina, and X. Zhu#, "Adaptive Real-Time Identification of Motor Unit Discharges From Non-Stationary High-Density Surface Electromyographic Signals," IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, vol. 67, no. 12, pp. 3501-3509, 2020.
* Y. Yu, C. Chen, X. Sheng#, and X. Zhu, "Multi-DoF continuous estimation for wrist torques using stacked autoencoder," Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, vol. 57, p. 101733, 2020.

【2019】
* C. Chen, G. C. Chai, Guohong, X. Sheng, D. Farina, and X. Zhu#, "Prediction of finger kinematics from discharge timings of motor units: implications for intuitive control of myoelectric prostheses," Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 16, no. 2, p. 026005, 2019.
* G. Li, S. Jiang, C. Chen, P. Brunner, Z. Wu, G. Schalk, et al., "iEEGview: an open-source multifunction GUI-based Matlab toolbox for localization and visualization of human intracranial electrodes," Journal of Neural Engineering, vol. 17, no. 1, p. 016016, 2019.