Prof. Angela Ruohao Wu is an Associate Professor in the Division of Life Science and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). She also serves as the Associate Director of the Center for Epigenomics Research and is a member of the State Key Laboratory of Nervous System Disorders and the Center for Aging Science at HKUST.
Dedicated to bridging the gaps between biology and engineering, Prof. Wu focuses on both basic research and practical healthcare applications. Her research team is committed to inventing new genomics technologies, developing clinical genomics-based diagnostics for severe systemic and infectious diseases, and developing microfluidics organoid culture platforms for tissue engineering and disease modeling.
Prof. Wu’s contributions to the field of single-cell analysis technologies, along with her work at Agenovir Corporation, earned her international recognition as one of MIT Technology Review’s Top 10 Innovators Under 35 in Asia in 2017. In 2018, she was honored as a World Economic Forum Young Scientist. Her research has been published in prestigious journals, including Nature, Nature Methods, and PLoS Genetics.