Connie Wu, Ph.D.

The Wu lab integrates bioanalytical chemistry, materials engineering, and biomolecular engineering approaches to develop diagnostic and therapeutic platforms, including (1) multifunctional RNA therapeutics for immunoengineering and targeted delivery applications; and (2) development and translation of ultrasensitive single-molecule detection technologies. 

Research Areas:

Bio-Nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering, Bio-Nanotechnology, Biomaterials, Cancer, Drug Delivery and Therapeutics, Immunology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials

Micro-nanotechnology and Molecular Engineering

Immunoengineering

• Research Assistant Professor, Life Sciences Institute
• Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Connie Wu is a Research Assistant Professor in the Life Sciences Institute and Assistant Professor in the Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Michigan. She obtained her Ph.D. in chemical engineering at MIT in the lab of Dr. Paula Hammond, where she engineered polymeric RNA interference delivery systems. Following her graduate studies, she transitioned to the diagnostics field for her postdoctoral research in the lab of Dr. David Walt at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University, where she pioneered ultrasensitive single-molecule protein detection methods. The Wu lab, launched in 2023, integrates bioanalytical chemistry, materials engineering, and biomolecular engineering approaches to develop ultrasensitive diagnostic tools and RNA therapeutic platforms. Connie is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award, NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA), NIH NIBIB Trailblazer Award, and DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program Idea Award.

• NSF CAREER Award 2026
• DoD Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program, Idea Award 2024
• NIH Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award (MIRA) for Early Stage Investigators 2024
• NIH NIBIB Trailblazer Award 2024