Heng Chen

Chen, Heng (陈 衡) is a DPhil student in the Mosher lab and Pembroke College at the University of Oxford. His current research focuses on investigating how mating system transition impacts on epigenomic biology in plants, especially RNA directed DNA methylation (RdDM) pathway associated transposon silencing and genomic imprinting. In addition to his primary research, Mr. Chen is deeply interested in bioinformatics, particularly single-cell and multi-omics analysis, and RNA biology. Outside of academia, he is an avid sports enthusiast with a long-standing passion for football (soccer) and basketball.