Xue-xin Chen received his M.S. (1987) and Ph.D. (1994) in Entomology from Zhejiang University, China. He has been employed with Zhejiang University since 1987 and has been a full professor of Entomology since 1998. He became a Chang Jiang Distinguished Professor of Entomology in 2009. At present he is the vice dean of Faculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang University, and currently leading the Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Pathogens and Insect Pests, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, China, and Key Laboratory of Biology and Ecological Regulation of Pathogens and Insect Pests of Zhejiang province, China. He did his postdoctoral research or visiting studies in the Naturalis Biodiversity Center, the Netherlands; the Department of Entomology, University of Queensland, Australia; the Department of Entomology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, USA.

Xue-xin’s primary interests are the evolutionary biology of parasitoid wasps and biological control of insect pests. Since later 1990’s, this focus has been expanded to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying interactions between parasitoids and their hosts, and new methods and technologies for insect pest management. He has produced over 430 referred papers in a number of journals, such as Cell, PNAS, Nature Ecology & Evolution, Nature Communications, Nature Chemical Biology, Science Advances, ISME Journal, Molecular Biology and Evolution, and Annual Review of Entomology. He has been the leader for several national research projects supported by the China Basic Research Development Program (973), National Key Research and Development Program of China, the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and Key Program of Natural Science Foundation of China. He has been awarded the second-class prize of the National Scientific and Technological Progress Award of China, the first-class prize of the Provincial Scientific and Technological Progress Award of Zhejiang, the China Entomological Society Award for Outstanding Young Scientist, the Zhejiang Provincial Award for Outstanding Young Scientist, and the Baogang Education Fund Award for Excellent Teacher. He is the vice president of the Entomological Society of China and the chair of the Biological Control Committee; the president of the Entomological Society of Zhejiang province, China; and a member of the Consultative Committee of Biological Sciences, National Natural Science Foundation of China. He has been the Chief-in-Editor of the journal Crop Health, the Associate Editor of the journals such as Acta Entomologica Sinica, Chinese Journal of Biological Control and Journal of Environmental Entomology.