Wei Wu
Senior Systems Scientist
Computational Biology
- Senior Systems ScientistComputational Biology
- 412-268-1866 (Work)
- 412-268-2977 (Fax)
- Carnegie Mellon University, School of Computer Science, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States
BIO
Dr. Wu is an Associate Research Professor in the Computational Biology Department at CMU. She received the Ph.D. degree in Computational Molecular Biology under Dr. Sidney Pestka from the joint graduate program of Rutgers University and UMDNJ.
Dr. Wu also received the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she worked on the construction of the Human Genome Browser with Dr. David Haussler. She later did a postdoctoral training with Dr. Mina Bissell at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Wu joined the faculty of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the Department of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh in 2004, and recently moved to CMU at 2012.
Dr. Wu also received the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz where she worked on the construction of the Human Genome Browser with Dr. David Haussler. She later did a postdoctoral training with Dr. Mina Bissell at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Dr. Wu joined the faculty of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at the Department of Medicine of the University of Pittsburgh in 2004, and recently moved to CMU at 2012.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Associate Research ProfessorCarnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States2012 - 2016
- Research Assistant ProfessorUniversity of Pittsburgh, 5000 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States2004 - 2011
- Senior Systems ScientistCarnegie Mellon University, Computational Biology Department, Pittsburgh, United States2016 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Guest ScientistLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, California, United States2004 - 2011
DEGREES
- M.S., Computer ScienceUniversity of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States1 Sep 2001 - 1 Jul 2002
- Ph.D., Computational Molecular BiologyJoint Graduate Program of Rutgers University and University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States1 Sep 1995 - 1 Dec 2000
- B.S., Genetics and Genetics EngineeringFudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China1 Sep 1988 - 1 Jul 1992
POSTGRADUATE TRAINING
- Postgraduate ResearchLawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, United StatesAug 2002 - Sep 2004BioinformaticsPostdoctoral ResearchSupervised by Bissel MB
LANGUAGES
- English
CAMPUS
- Pittsburgh
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
- 3 Good Health and Well Being