Nicholas Wu

Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dr. Wu is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Wu received his BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Virginia in 2010 and his PhD in Molecular Biology from UCLA in 2015. After his graduate studies, Dr. Wu completed his postdoctoral training at Scripps Research as a Croucher Fellow before starting his own lab in 2020. Dr. Wu’s research, which mainly focuses on virus-antibody interactions, has been recognized by multiple awards, including NIH New Innovator Award, Searle Scholar Award, and Vallee Scholar Award.