Zeli Chen

PhD student

Team Member

Short CV

2023 – present	PhD student	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2021 – 2022	PhD student	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
2018 – 2021	M.Sc Brain and Cognitive Sciences	Universiteit van Amsterdam
2014 – 2018	B.Sc Cognitive Psychology and Psychobiology	University of Padua, Italy
2009 – 2014	BA Italian Literature	Beijing Foreign Studies, University China

Research

My Ph.D project aims to find the genetics factors underlying alcohol abuse and its potential links with other psychiatric disorders. We combine statistical genetics with bioinformatic tools to uncover biological pathways that leads to individuals differences in heritability of addiction.

Highlighted publications

Pasman JA*, Chen Z *, Smit DJA, Vink JM, Van Den Oever MC, Pattij T, De Vries TJ, Abdellaoui Aφ, Verweij KJHφ (*shared first author, φ shared last author). The CADM2 Gene and Behavior: A Phenome-Wide Scan in UK-Biobank. Behav Genet. 2022 Sep;52(4-5):306-314. doi: 10.1007/s10519-022-10109-8. Epub 2022 Jul 22. PMID: 35867259; PMCID: PMC9463269.

Contact info

Address:	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research (CNCR) Department of Complex Trait Genetics W&N building, Room B-628 De Boelelaan 1085 1081 HV Amsterdam The Netherlands
Telephone:	+31 20 598 19 00
E-mail:	z.chen@vu.nl