University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carle Illinois College of Medicine

Nicholas Ching Hai Wu

Nicholas Ching Hai Wu
Nicholas Ching Hai Wu
Assistant Professor
Biomedical and Translational Sciences

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Education

  • PhD in Molecular Biology, University of California, Los Angeles, 2015
  • BSc in Biochemistry, University of Virginia, 2010

Academic Positions

  • Visiting Research Scientist, National University of Singapore, 2023-Present (0%)
  • Adjunct Assistant Professor, The Scripps Research Institute, 2021-Present (0%)
  • Affiliate, Center for Biophysics and Quantitative Biology, UIUC, 2020-Present (0%)
  • Affiliate, Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, UIUC, 2020-Present (0%)
  • Assistant Professor, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, UIUC, 2020-Present (25%)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, UIUC, 2020-Present (75%)

Major Consulting Activities

  • InvVax, 2022-Present
  • HeliXon, 2022-Present
  • NantBioscience, 2018
  • Human Vaccine Project, 2018

Resident Instruction

  • Introduction to Biophysics (BIOP 401), 2021-Present

Short Courses

  • Foundations: Molecules to Populations course, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, 2022

Honors

  • Scialog Fellow for Mitigating Zoonotic Threats (2023 )
  • Searle Scholar Award (2022 )
  • ASV Ann Palmenberg Junior Investigator Award (2022 )
  • MCB Outstanding Junior Faculty Award, UIUC (2022 )
  • Viruses Early Career Investigator Award (2022 )
  • NIH Director's New Innovator Award (DP2) (2021 )
  • ESWI Young Scientist Innovative Award (2021 )
  • Michelson Prize (2021 )
  • NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00) (2019 )
  • Croucher Postdoctoral Fellowship (2015 )
  • Dissertation Year Fellowship, UCLA (2014 )
  • DMMP Graduate Travel Award, UCLA (2014 )
  • Audree Fowler Fellowship in Protein Science, UCLA (2014 )
  • Philip Whitcome Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, UCLA (2011 )
  • Best Poster Presentation at DMMP Annual Retreat, UCLA (2013 )
  • Best Poster Presentation at MBIDP Annual Conference, UCLA (2011, 2012 )
  • Small Research and Travel Grant, University of Virginia (2010 )
  • College Science Scholar Summer Research Stipend, University of Virginia (2009 )
  • College Science Scholar, University of Virginia (2008 )
  • Echols Scholar, University of Virginia (2008 )

Recent Courses Taught

  • BIOP 401 - Introduction to Biophysics