Dr. Wei Wu

Biography

Wei Wu graduated from Peking University with a BS in Physics in 1996 and received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University in 2003. He is a Professor at the Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California, a position he has held since 2012. Prior to joining USC, he worked as a research associate, scientist, and senior scientist at HP Labs. Professor Wu's research focuses on nanoimprint lithography applications in nano-electronics, nano-photonics, plasmonics, chemical sensing, and nano-electrochemical cells. He has co-authored 127 peer-reviewed scientific journal papers with 12,489 citations, contributed to 2 book chapters, and made over 150 conference presentations, including 16 keynote invited speeches. He holds 121 granted patents, with half filed internationally, and has an H-index of 54. Wu serves as a co-editor for Applied Physics, an associate editor for IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, and an associate editor for Nanomaterials. He was the distinguished lecturer for the IEEE Nanotechnology Council in 2015 and 2016 and is a recipient of the USC Stevens Center Innovation Commercialization Award in 2020, as well as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

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