She has a Ph.D. (2008) in Statistics from University of Alberta, a M.Sc. (2002) in Probability from Beijing Normal University, and a B.Sc. (1999) in Computational Mathematics from Minzu University of China. Her PhD thesis was awarded the Pierre-Robillard Award by SSC (Statistical Society of Canada) as the best doctoral thesis in probability or statistics defended at a Canadian University in 2007. Dr. Wu joined University of Calgary in 2007 as an Assistant Professor and was tenured and promoted to Associate Professor in 2013.