Summary

Connie 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. Launched in 2023, 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 for applications in cancer and other diseases. Connie obtained her B.S. in chemical engineering from Yale University and 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.