Education

1981-1985 Bachelor in Forestry, Fujian Forestry College, China
1988-1991 Master in Forest tree genetic improvement, Beijing Forestry University, China
1999-2003 PhD in Forest growth and inventory, University of Göttingen

Research field

population genetics, bioinformatics, molecular and genetic epidemiology

Selected publications

Chen, B. and K. von Gadow, Combining spatial and other objectives in forest design. FORESTRY STUDIES, Metsanduslikud Uurimused 2008. 48: p. 30-40.

Wilkening, S., et al., Is there still a need for candidate gene approaches in the era of genome-wide association studies? Genomics 2009.

Murphy, M.F., et al., Reduced occurrence of childhood cancer in twins compared to singletons: protection but by what mechanism? Pediatr Blood Cancer 2008. 51(1): p. 62-5.

Wilkening, S., et al., Allelotyping of pooled DNA with 250 K SNP microarrays. BMC Genomics 2007. 8: p. 77.

Hemminki, K. and B. Chen, Parental lung cancer as predictor of cancer risks in offspring: clues about multiple routes of harmful influence? Int J Cancer 2006. 118(3): p. 744-8.