He is a theoretical organic chemist based in the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and holds a concurrent position in Peking University.
He graduated with a BS from Lanzhou University in 1982 and received his PhD in 1986 from the University of Pittsburgh, working with Kendall N. Houk in computational organic chemistry.
Professor Wu has received numerous awards in his career; in December 2005, he was elected as an Academician of the prestigious Chinese Academy of Sciences.
His research interest focuses mainly on the elucidation of reaction mechanisms, protein-protein interactions/aggregations (Alzheimer's disease etc.)
and conformational features of natural and unnatural peptides.