Dr. Wu's research interests include Chinese Buddhism, especially Chan/Zen Buddhism and the Chinese Buddhist canon, Sino-Japanese Buddhist exchanges, and the application of spatial analysis tools in the study of Chinese culture and religion. His first book, "Enlightenment in Dispute: The Reinvention of Chan Buddhism in Seventeenth-century China" has been published by Oxford University Press in 2008. He is co-editing a conference volume on the Chinese Buddhist Canon with Lucille Chia.