Areas of Focus
- New Enzyme Discovery and Molecular Enzyme Engineering
- Microbial Engineering and Synthetic Biology
Work Experience
- 2020.12-present - Huazhong Agricultural University - Professor
- 2018.11-2020.11 - University of Greifswald - Humboldt Postdoc Fellow
- 2017.7-2018.8 - University of Basel - Postdoc
- 2016.1-2017.6 - National University of Singapore - Research Fellow (Postdoc)
Academic Background & Achievements
- 2010.7-2015.11 PhD: National University of Singapore
- 2006.9-2010.6 Bachelor's Degree: Peking University
- Published over 30 papers in major journals
- Applied for 3 international patents
- Received funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China, Humboldt Scholarship, Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, Singapore-MIT Alliance Scholarship
Publications
- Directed Evolution and Immobilization of Lactobacillus brevis Alcohol Dehydrogenase for Chemo-Enzymatic Synthesis of Rivastigmine, G. Su, L. Ran, C. Liu, Z. Qin, H. Teng, S. Wu, 2024
- Production of Biobased Ethylbenzene by Cascade Biocatalysis with an Engineered Photodecarboxylase, Z. Qin, Y. Zhou, Z. Li, M. Höhne, U. T. Bornscheuer, S. Wu, 2023
- A growth selection system for the directed evolution of amine-forming or converting enzymes, S. Wu, C. Xiang, Y. Zhou, M. S. H. Khan, W. Liu, C. G. Feiler, R. Wei, G. Weber, M. Höhne, U. T. Bornscheuer, 2022
Awards
- Humboldt Scholarship
- Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship
- Singapore-MIT Alliance Scholarship