Yufan Wu

Yufan grew up in Hangzhou, China. After a year at Zhejiang University, she came to the US to continue her undergraduate education in Chemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. She realized her passion in biophysical chemistry while studying the energy landscape of protein folding in the laboratory of Prof. Silvia Cavagnero. She then moved to Stanford for her Ph.D work, where she investigated the origin of enzyme catalysis using vibrational Stark spectroscopy and crystallography under the guidance of Prof. Steven Boxer. The more she learns about proteins the more she is fascinated by their remarkable versatility. She is now excited to learn how protein complexes coordinate the repair of DNA breaks with single-molecule techniques. Outside of work she enjoys travelling, all kinds of sports, board games and books.