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Assistant Professor
University of Georgia
Dr. Taotao Wu is an Assistant Professor of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Georgia, where he also holds a courtesy position at the Institute of Bioinformatics. His research focuses on utilizing computational models, animal models, and human data to gain a comprehensive understanding of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and its treatment. Previously, Dr. Wu served as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Bioengineering Department at the University of Pennsylvania. During his postdoctoral research, He developed a unique approach that amalgamates principles in injury biomechanics, finite element analysis, network neuroscience, and neuroimage analysis to bridge the gap between the mechanical response and brain functional response during TBI. He earned his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from the University of Virginia Center for Applied Biomechanics. His doctoral research integrated human and animal data to study the biomechanical tolerance of brain injury. Notably, his work in this area was adopted by the international standardization organization (ISO) for the assessment of vehicle safety.