Ming-Tsung (Louis) Wu

Dr. Ming-Tsung (Louis) WU has extensive research experience across different fields, namely food science, biomedical science, bioinformatics, and agricultural science. He has published 11 journal articles on ncRNA-mediated epigenetic regulation across the human, plant and bacterial species based on different experimental strategies and next-generation sequencing platforms. Louis takes initiatives across various international collaborations and worked in numerous academic research units such as Academia Sinica (Taiwan), Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (Spain), Imperial College London, and the University of Cambridge (UK).

He has co-founded Genenet Technology and currently leading as the COO at this fast-growing AI-biosynthesis biotech company in Cambridge and Stevenage, which focuses on integrating deep learning into gene circuit design and providing novel solutions for the bioproduction industry. Meanwhile, Louis is the Secretary-General at the UK-Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce helping to promote business cooperation between the UK and Taiwan.

Currently, he contributes as the co-principal investigator in the EUREKA GlobalStars Taiwan-UK digital industrial project, facilitating collaboration between UK and Taiwanese businesses and pioneering innovation and deployment of novel digital technologies for manufacturing.

Louis is also the Chairman of NTUAAUK who will be the UK liaison for NTU Overseas Internship Program.

Work Experience

• Co-Principal Investigator, EUREKA GlobalStars UK/Taiwan digital industrial collaborations, UK (2022-Present)
• Chairman, National Taiwan University Alumni Association in the UK, UK (2022-Present)
• Director, The Council of Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce in Europe, Taiwan (2022-Present)
• Secretary General, UK Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce, UK (2021-Present)
• COO and Co-founder, Genenet Technology Limited UK, UK (2021-Present)
• Research Associate, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London, UK (2021-2022)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2020)
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Plant Science, University of Cambridge, UK (2017-2019)
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2016)

Honors and Awards    

• BBSRC UK-Taiwan International Partnering Award (2019-2021)
• PhD Fellowship for Taiwan NSC-Spain CSIC Summer Exchange Program, Spain (2014)
• International Scholar Exchange Fellowship of College of Life Science, National Taiwan University, Taiwan (2013, 2014)
• PhD Travel Grant, Foundation for the Advancement of Outstanding Scholarship (FAOS), Taiwan (2013)

• PhD in Plant Sciences, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
• Master in Food Science and Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan
• Bachelor in Food Science, Tunghai University, Taiwan