Chengcang Charles Wu


Chengcang Charles Wu is a Chinese-born American scientist with expertise in the fields of genetics, bioinformatics, and genomics, particularly large fragment DNA cloning and BAC library technologies.

Accomplishments

Wu is the main contributor of the first soybean physical map. He is also one of the inventors of plant artificial chromosomes, Fungal Artificial Chromosomes and related technologies.

Biotechnology involvement

Wu was the founding vice president of Lucigen Corporation. In 2013, Wu Founded Intact Genomics, Inc. in St. Louis Missouri.

Education

Anhui Agricultural University, China, B.S., Biology. M.S., Genetics
Iwate University, Japan, Ph.D, Bioenvironmental Science