博士生导师、研究员，四川省突发重大地质灾害技术支撑专家。担任《寒旱区科学（英文）》、《灾害学》等期刊青年编委。长期从事高寒山区山地灾害的形成机理与灾害风险工程防控研究，迄今共发表科研论文90余篇（第一／通讯作者发表SCI／EI论文30篇），专著1部，授权中国发明专利30余项，美国专利2项。曾获四川省科技进步一等奖、西藏自治区科学技术一等奖、中国科学院杰出科技成就奖以及第十二届“四川省学术和技术带头人后备人选”、“四川省地质灾害防治专家”等多项荣誉称号。

堰塞湖溃决过程与机理、泥石流运动机理与工程防治

（1）2021年荣获西藏自治区科学技术一等奖

（2）2020年荣获中国科学院杰出科技成就奖

（3）2019年荣获四川省科技进步一等奖

（4）2018年荣获第十二届“四川省学术和技术带头人后备人选”称号

[1] Jiang Xiong; Huayong Chen; Chuan Tang; Chenxiao Tang; Geomorphometric assessment of spatial transfer potential of landslides sediment in seismically impacted areas, Natural Hazards, 2024. (SCI收录)

[2] Yunying Mou; Huayong Chen; Tao Wang; Hechun Ruan; The breaching mechanism of moraine dams with buried ice: A Review, Cold Regions Science and Technology, 2024. (SCI收录)

[3] Huayong Chen; Yunhan Yu; Yao Jiang; Tao Wang; Study on the rapid prediction model of debris flow barrier dam volume and morphology under different river blocking modes, Landslides, 2024.

[4] Xiao Li; Huayong Chen; Xiaoqing chen; Tao Wang; Experimental study on the stability of noncohesive landslide dams based on seepage effect, Engineering Geology, 2024. (SCI收录)

[5] Huayong Chen; Xiao Li; Xiaoqing chen; Hechun Ruan et al. Contrast Experiments on Breaching Characteristics of Landslide Dams andDebris-flow Dams. Canadian Geotechnical Journal, 2024 (SCI收录)

[6] Huayong Chen, Xiong Jiang,Peng Cui,et al. Causes and dynamic change characteristics of the 2022 devastating foods in Pakistan. Natural Hazards, doi.org/10.1007/s11069-024-06582-5. (SCI收录)

[7] Huayong Chen, Xiong Jiang,et al. Catastrophic debris flow triggered by a June 26, 2023 rainstorm suggests the debris flow is still active 15 years after the Wenchuan seismic. Landslides, DOI 10.1007/s10346-024-02279-9. (SCI收录)

[8] Hechun Ruan, Huayong Chen*, Xiaoqing Chen, et al. An investigation of discharge control in landslide dam failures utilizing flexible protecting nets. Engineering Failure Analysis. 159 (2024) 108134 (SCI收录)  

[9] Hechun Ruan, Huayong Chen*, Xiaoqing Chen, et al. Modeling of breaching parameters for debris flow dams. J. Mt. Sci. (2023) 20(10): 2835-2851 (SCI收录)

[10] Xiong Jiang, Huayong Chen.Application of remote sensing monitoring to the spatiotemporal variation in debris flow activity in the catastrophic Wenchuan seismic area. Catena 232 (2023) 107450. (SCI收录)

[11] Xiong Jiang, Huayong Chen. Coseismic landslide sediment increased by the “9.5” Luding earthquake,Sichuan, China. J. Mt. Sci. (2023) 20(SCI收录)

[12] Huayong Chen, Hechun Ruan, Chen Jian-Gang, et al. Review of Investigations on Hazard Chain Triggered by River-blocking Debris Flows. Frontiers in Earth Science,2022. (doi:10.3389/feart.2022.830044) (SCI收录) 

[13] Hechun Ruan, Huayong Chen*, Tao Wang, et al. Modeling Flood Peak Discharge Caused by Overtopping Failure of a Landslide Dam. Water, 2021,13(921). (doi: 10.3390/w13070921) (SCI收录)

 [14] Hechun Ruan, Huayong Chen*, Yong Li, et al. Study on the downcutting rate of a debris flow dam based on grain-size distribution, Geomorphology, 2021,391, (doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2021.107891). (SCI收录)

[15] Huayong Chen, Peng Cui, Xiaoqing Chen, and Jiangang Chen. Experimental Study on the Formation and Propagation of Debris Flows Triggered by Glacial Lake Outburst Floods. Fifth World Landslide Forum, 2020 (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-60713-5_20).

[16] Robin Neupane, Huayong Chen*, Chunran Cao. Review of Moraine Dam Failure Mechanism. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk. Geomatics, Natural Hazards and Risk, 2019,10(1):1948-1966. (SCI收录)

[17] Chen Hua-Yong, Chen Xiao-Qing, Chen Jian-Gang, and Tang Jin-Bo. Scour Depth Prediction behind a Check Dam by Over-topping Debris Flows. 7th International Conference on Debris-Flow Hazards Mitigation, 2019.

[18] Huayong Chen, Peng Cui, Xiaoqing Chen, and Jinbo Tang. Study on the surge wave induced by glacier avalanche and its effects on dam failure process. International Journal of Erosion Control Engineering, 2017, 10(1):9-15.

[19] Huayong Chen, Kaiheng Hu, Peng Cui, Xiaoqing Chen. Investigation of vertical velocity distribution in debris flows by PIV measurement. Geomatics Natural Hazards & Risk, 2017, 8(2): 1631-1642. 

[20] Huayong Chen, Peng Cui, Jiangang Chen, and Jinbo Tang. Effects of spillway types on debris flow trajectory and scour behind a sabo dam. Journal of Mountain Science, 2016, 13(2):203-212. (SCI收录)

[21] Huayong Chen, Jinfeng Liu, et al. Effects of Y-type spillway lateral contraction ratios on debris-flow patterns and scour features downriver of a check dam.Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 2016,16, 1-10. (SCI收录)

[22] H. Y. Chen, P. Cui, X. Q. Chen, X. H. Zhu, Gordon G. D. Zhou. Laboratory experiments of water pressure loads acting on a downstream dam caused by ice avalanches. Landslides, 2015, 12: 1131-1138. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-014-0532-7. (SCI收录)

[23] H.Y. Chen, W.L. Xu, J. Deng, et al. Experimental research on pressure load exerted on downstream dam by dam break flow, Journal of hydraulic engineering. ASCE, 2014, 140(2):199-207. (SCI收录)

[24] Hua-yong Chen, Peng Cui, Gordon G. D. Zhou, et al. Study On Channelized Debris Flows Caused by Cascade Failure of Landslide Dams. The International Journal of Sediment Research, 2014,29 (3):1-9. (SCI收录)

主持了国家重点研发计划课题、国家自然科学区域联合重点项目／面上／青年项目、国家重点研发计划“川藏专项”专题、以及中国科学院重点部署项目课题，参加了中国科学院战略性先导科技专项（A　类）、第二次青藏高原综合科学考察等重大科技任务；同时承担了多项铁路、公路及水电工程相关的企业委托项目。