Prof. Yue Wu joined Iowa State University as the Herbert L. Stiles Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering in summer 2014. He obtained his B.S. degree in Chemistry at the University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, P.R.China in 2001, with Best Undergraduate Thesis Award. He obtained his Ph.D. degree in Chemistry at Harvard University (07/2001-06/2006) in Prof. Charles Lieber’s group. He then received Miller Fellowship and performed postdoctoral research in Prof. Paul Alivisatos’ group at the University of California at Berkeley (08/2006-07/2009). In August 2009, Wu joined Purdue University to start his independent academic career. After receiving an early promotion to tenured associate professor in the School of Chemical Engineering at Purdue University on April 4, 2014, he accepted the position of the Herbert L. Stiles Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering from Iowa State University with a joint appointment in Department of Energy Ames National Laboratory.