Dr. Lei Chen received his B.Eng. degree in Computer Science and Applications from Nanjing University of Technology, China, in 2000, and Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Auburn University, USA, in August 2007. He has been with Sam Houston State University as an Assistant Professor in Computer Science since 2007. Dr. Chen is expected to become Associate Professor with tenure in August 2013.

Dr. Chen's research interests focus on network/information security and digital forensics, mobile, handheld, and wireless security. His extended research reaches the areas of computer networking, multimedia networking, network routing, and artificial intelligence. He was a graduate research assistant for 5 years at Auburn University and worked as Vodafone Research Fellow ($20,000 per year plus tuition waiver) in the last year of his Ph.D. study. Between September 2007 and May 2013, he has authored or co-authored 50 peer-reviewed scholarly works, including 8 journal papers, 12 book chapters, and 30 conference proceeding papers. His editted book "Wireless Newtork Security: Theories and Practicies", published by Springer (U.S.) and Higher Education Press (HEP), is available in 2013.

Between 2009 and 2013, Dr. Chen has secured four internal research grants and one external reserach grant with total amount of $81,600.

EXPERIENCE:

Aug. 2007 ~ present: Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Sam Houston State University

Aug. 2001~ Aug. 2007: Teaching/Research Assistant/Fellow, Instructor, Computer Science and Software Engineering, Auburn University

Jan. 2001 ~ July 2001: Network and Database Engineer, Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation, Shenzhen, China

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Last update: 04/25/2013