Michael Wu(吳啟錚), Ph.D.
Program Director
Board Director

Michael Wu has led his team to focus on optimizing high-throughput morphometric analysis and digital brain mapping of the neurological disorders, such as the Alzheimer's disease and strokes. He incorporates automated 3D neuro-imaging and computational modeling techniques to visualize and quantify morphology of pathologic brains, including neurons and dendritic spines. Michael Wu is in the position of Assistant Neuroscientist, specialized in (visual) neural plasticity and ontogenesis, at the Dept of Neurosciences, School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego (USCD). He served as a Research Scientist, specialized in in-vivo transplantation for neural regeneration at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Michael Wu is actively involved in organizing international biotech forum as well as marketing and strategic planning for start-ups. Michael Wu obtained his BA degree from Fu-Jen Catholic University in Taiwan, and his doctorate degree at UCSD.