Dr. Long-Fei Wu

吴龙飞 · Ph.D.

Assistant Professor / Principal Investigator

Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules

lfwu@sjtu.edu.cn

Office: Room 403, Building 4, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules

Address: Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Zhangjiang Institute for Advanced Study, No. 1308 Keyuan Rd. Zhangjiang District, shanghai, China

Long-Fei Wu received his Ph.D. in Bioorganic Chemistry from the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry and his B.S. in Pharmacy from Fudan University. His research focuses on understanding the chemical origins of the DNA–RNA–protein system and expanding the chemical and functional diversity of genetic systems through chemical and biological engineering. Outside the lab, he enjoys spending time on the basketball court, shooting hoops.

Education

September 2010 – January 2016
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry
Ph.D. in Bio-organic Chemistry
Supervisor: Prof. Gong-Li Tang
Thesis: Biosynthetic studies of Quartromicin
September 2006 – September 2010
Fudan University
B.S. in Pharmacy

Academic Career

September 2024 – Present
Assistant Professor
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
December 2022 – August 2024
Postdoctoral Scholar
University of Chicago / Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Jack Szostak Lab
April 2021 – December 2022
Postdoctoral Scholar
Harvard Medical School / Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Jack Szostak Lab
April 2016 – April 2021
Career Development Fellow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, John Sutherland Lab
January 2016 – April 2016
Research Fellow
Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Gong-Li Tang Lab