2010年毕业于南京大学地球科学系地质学专业并获得学士学位。2015年在该校获得博士学位，学位论文被评为南京大学优秀博士学位论文。同年进入中国科学院广州地球化学研究所工作。现任中国科学院广州地球化学研究所特任研究员、硕士生导师。2018年入选中国科学院“青年创新促进会”会员。已在Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta、Physical Review B、Inorganic Chemistry、The Journal of Physical Chemistry C、Langmuir等国际主流期刊上发表第一和通讯作者论文11篇。研究领域为计算矿物学与多体系计算地球化学。以物理化学理论为依托，以计算机分子模拟为工具，研究矿物结构与表界面性质。以交叉学科视角和定量手段解读层状矿物如何影响地球表面和内部的水与离子循环。研究内容包括层状矿物堆垛机制、矿物表界面离子分配与扩散、水分子在矿物表界面的行为等。

 计算矿物学与多体系计算地球化学

2018年获评“涂光炽优秀青年学者”（B类）

2018年入选中国科学院“青年创新促进会”会员

2017年度南京大学优秀博士学位论文

Chen M, Zhou H, Zhu R, He H. (2020) Pressure-temperature diagram of wetting and dewetting in a hydrophobic grain boundary and the liquidlike to icelike transition of monolayer water. Phys. Rev. B, 101, 165432.

Zhou H, Chen M^*, Zhu R, Lu X, Zhu J, He H. (2020) Coupling between clay swelling/collapse and cationic partition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 285, 78-99

Chen M, Zhou H, Zhu R, Lu X, He H. (2020) Closest-Packing Water Monolayer Stably Intercalated in Phyllosilicate Minerals under High Pressure. Langmuir, 36, 618-627.

Chen M., Zhu R., Lu X., Zhu J. and He H. (2018) Influences of Cation Ratio, Anion Type, and Water Content on Polytypism of Layered Double Hydroxides. Inorg. Chem. 57, 7299-7313.

 Chen M., Zhu R., Zhu J. and He H. (2017) Temperature-Dependent Structure and Dynamics of Water Intercalated in Layered Double Hydroxides with Different Hydration States. J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 23752–23762.

Chen M., Shen W., Lu X., Zhu R., He H. and Zhu J. (2016) Jumping Diffusion of Water Intercalated in Layered Double Hydroxides. J. Phys. Chem. C 120, 12924–12931.

Chen M., Lu X., Liu X., Hou Q., Zhu Y. and Zhou H. (2015) Retardation of Water Reorientation at the Oil/Water Interface. J. Phys. Chem. C 119, 16639–16648.

Chen M., Lu X., Liu X., Hou Q., Zhu Y. and Zhou H. (2015) Slow dynamics of water confined in Newton black films. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 17, 19183–93.

Chen M., Lu X., Liu X., Hou Q., Zhu Y. and Zhou H. (2014) Specific counterion effects on the atomistic structure and capillary-waves fluctuation of the water/vapor interface covered by sodium dodecyl sulfate. J. Phys. Chem. C 118, 19205–19213.

Chen M., Lu X., Liu X., Hou Q., Zhu Y. and Zhou H. (2014) Temperature-dependent phase transition and desorption free energy of sodium dodecyl sulfate at the water/vapor interface: approaches from molecular dynamics simulations. Langmuir 30, 10600–10607.

Chen M., Lu X., Liu X., Hou Q., Zhu Y. and Zhou H. (2012) Molecular dynamics simulation of the effects of NaCl on electrostatic properties of Newton black films. J. Phys. Chem. C 116, 21913–21922.

1. 国家自然科学基金青年科学基金项目 “沥青质在高岭石表面吸附性的多尺度分子模拟研究”，2017.01-2019.12，16万元，主持

2. 中国科学院前沿科学重点研究项目“2:1型层状硅酸盐矿物的生长机制及其制约因素”子课题“层状硅酸盐矿物生长机制的计算模拟研究”， 2016.08-2020.12，75万元，主持