Chen Jia

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jia Chen is a Professor of Environmental Sensing and Modeling at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), affiliated with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the TUM School of Computation, Information and Technology. She leads the Environmental Sensing and Modeling Group, focusing on greenhouse gas emissions, urban air pollution, and novel optical sensor technologies. Her pioneering work includes the MUCCnet urban sensor network for long-term greenhouse gas monitoring.

• Education: Dipl.-Ing. (Electrical Engineering) from KIT, Ph.D. (summa cum laude) from TUM
• Postdoctoral Research (2011–2015): Harvard University
• Affiliations: Associate at Harvard’s Earth and Planetary Sciences Department, TUM Institute of Advanced Study Fellow

Research Interests: Sensor development for greenhouse gases, atmospheric modeling, CFD, remote sensing techniques (FTIR, TDLAS), and semantic kriging.

Key Achievements: ERC Consolidator Grant (2022), Timothy Oke Prize (2024), Global Young Academy membership (2021). Over 180 peer-reviewed publications and 12 patents.

Grants: Leadership in projects like EU Horizon 2020’s PAUL initiative, UN Environment Programme campaigns, and German Federal Ministry-funded MCube DatSim 2.0.