Tsu-Wei Chen holds the DFG Emmy Noether Programm and is professor of Intensive Plant Food Systems of Faculty of Life Science at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin since September 2020. His research group works on up-scaling the environmental effects on leaf photosynthesis to canopy level using modelling approaches and systems analyses. His interdisciplinary collaboration partners include computer scientists, mathematicians and crop geneticists. Besides classical modelling approaches, he is specialized in functional-structural plant models, which he uses to analyze the triple feedback between environmental triggers, dynamic canopy architectures and physiological functions. His research focuses on model-assisted high-throughput phenotyping and physiological mechanisms optimizing canopy photosynthesis through acclimation strategies.