Education: 
B.S, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot, China 1979~1983, 
M.S, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China 1986~1989, 
Ph.D., Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China 1993~1996,

Research Experience: 
Visiting scholar, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China 1995-1996 
Associate Professor, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China 1997-1999 
Visiting scholar, Meijo University, Japan, 2000-2001 
Professor, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding, China 1999-2004 
Visiting scholar, Okayama University, Japan, 2006-2007 
Professor, Inner Mongolia University, Hohhot, China 2004-Present,

Main research fields: 
Medicinal plant biotechnology: Tissue culture and cell suspension culture of herbs；Plant physiology and molecular biology of salinity stress tolerance in medicinal plants. 
Medicinal plant biodiversity and cultivation: Identification of Chinese traditional medicinal plant biodiversity and criteria by using fingerprint and molecular marker; Cultivation of medicinal plant. 
Natural products chemistry: Isolation, structural elucidation and biological evaluation of natural products. 

Selected Publications: 
1.WANG Xiao-xi, CHEN Gui-lin*. Study on Ultrasound-assisted Extraction Optimization of Pumpkin Seed Oil, Food Science, 2009,30(8):60~63 
2.Chen G.* and Wang R., Effects of Salinity on Growth and Concentrations of Sodium, Potassium,and Calcium in Grafted Cucumber Seedlings, Acta Horticulturae, 2008，771:217~222 
3.LI Wei-xin, CHEN Gui-lin*, REN L iang-yu ,WANG Peng. Effects of NaCl stress on cation contents in different pumpk in cultivars’seedlings, Chinese Journal of App lied Ecology, 2008, 19 (3) : 569~574 
4.Ma Lijie, Chen Gui-lin*, Jin Shangwu, Wang Chenxia. The Anti-Aging Effect and the Compositions of Cynomorium songaricum Rupr., Acta Horticulturae, 2008, 765:23~30 
5.MA Lijie, CHEN Guilin*, NIE Lisha, AI Min. Effect of Cynomorium songaricum polysaccharide on telomere length in blood and brain of D-galactose-induced senescence mice, China Jounal Chinese Materia Medica,2009,34(10):1257~1260 
6.WANG Ran, CHEN Gui-Lin*, SONG Wei, LÜ Gui-Yun, LIANG Jing, LI Wei-Xin. Effects of NaCl Stress on Cation Contents in Seedlings of Two Pumpkin Varieties, Journal of Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology, 2006, 32 (1): 94-98 
7.Hong-bo Gao, Guilin Chen*,Lihua Han, Huan Lin. Effect of calcium on chilling resistance of grafted eggplant seedlings，Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2004, 27(8):1327~1339 
8. Chen Gui-lin*, Jia Kai-zhi，Effects of Calcium and Calmodulin Antagonist on Antioxidant Systems of Eggplant Seedlings Under High Temperature Stress，Agricultural Sciences in China, 2004, 3(2):101~107 
9.Chen Guilin*, Gao Hongbo,Zhang Xianbin, Effect of calcium on growth and chilling resistance of grafted eggplant seedlings，Acta Horticulturae, 2003, 618:225~232 
10.Shi-mao Cui, Gui Lin Chen, Naosuke Nii. Effects of water stress on sorbitol production and anatomical changes in the nuclei of leaf and root cells of young loquat trees, J. Japan. Soc. Hort. Sci.，2003,72(5):359~365 
11. Chen Gui-lin*, Gao Xiu-rui, Effect of partial replacement of nitrate by amino acid and urea on nitrate content of non-heading Chinese cabbage and lettuce in hydroponic condition，China Agricultural Sciences, 2002, 1(4):444~449 
12. Gao Hongbo and Chen Guilin*. The Effect of Calmodulin Antagonist and Calcium on Chilling Resistance of Eggplant Seedling, Acta Horticulturae Sinica, 2002, 29 (3) : 243～246 

Contact: 
Tel: +86-471-4992577
Fax:+86-471-4992435
E-mail: chengl@life.imu.edu.cn; guilinchen@yahoo.com.cn 
Web page: http:// www.imu.edu.cn/departments/biology/default.htm