Dr. Wu received his B.S. degree in 1988 from Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, P. R. China. in the field of biology. He went on to receive his M.S. degree in microbial ecology from Fudan University in Shanghai, P. R. China in 1991. Dr. Wu moved to the University of Vermont in Burlington, VT where he received his Ph.D. degree in cell and molecular biology in 1999. He joined the UAB faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2004.