Deliang Chen is an internationally renowned climate researcher and he has made an important contribution to the understanding of regional climate changes in Sweden and China. In addition, he has been successfully working in various international research environments, coordinating international and national research efforts, training students and postdoctoral researchers from around the world, and integrating various scientific disciplines.

He holds the prestigious August Röhss Chair in Physical Geography directed towards Geoinformatics and is Professor of Physical Meteorology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. Formerly he has been Director of the Gothenburg Atmospheric Sciences Centre in Sweden, and Science Director of Beijing Climate Center. He has also served on numerous international and national committees and boards. He has been appointed guest professor and honorable professor by several Academies and Universities in the world.