Chen's research focus on explosive events on the Sun known as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which have the potential of affecting the space environment around the Earth known as "Space Weather". He is one of the leading experts in utilizing some of the world's largest radio observatories for solar observing, including the Karl G. Janksy Very Large Array and the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA). He is a core member of NJIT's own solar-dedicated radio telescope: The Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array. He is also experienced in using NASA's space-based solar observatories including RHESSI, Solar Dynamics Observatory, Hinode, and STEREO.
