Dr Wu graduated from Zhejiang University in 2001 and is the Head of Department of Applied Biosciences in College of Agriculture and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Shanghai Institute for Advanced Study of Zhejiang University (SIAS).

Dr Wu is interested in enhancing mutant rice germplasm high in functional components, special nutrients, environmental friendship and extreme-environment adaptation by establishing high-through put screening methodologies, elucidating the genetic basis and metabolite regulation of these mutated traits and breeding for new rice/plant varieties with the value-added functional, industry-specific and green ecological properties and efficient resource utilization, which will provide technical supports for biological industry from seed-oriental agriculture to food, pharmacy and chemistry.