John Chen holds two prestigious Research Chairs: the AITF Industrial Chair in Reservoir Engineering and the NSERC/AIEES/Foundation CMG Chair in Reservoir Simulation and is an authoritative world leader in petroleum reservoir engineering. He developed the world's first nano-catalytic in situ upgrading technology and parallel dynamical reservoir simulation software that dramatically improve oil and gas recovery, while significantly reducing environmental impacts. He is Co-Founder and Chairman of the oil production company RockEast Corp., with $200M in assets. He is also a Professor at the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary. He authored 556 peer-reviewed articles and 15 books and holds 14 patents. He is a dedicated educator and trained 106 successful highly qualified personnel. He has an outstanding record of professional leadership and service.