Allen Zhiwei Wu received his Ph.D. from The University of Edinburgh, trained as a postdoctor in New York University and worked as a faculty at Rockefeller University and The University of Pennsylvania. From 2006, Allen Wu relocated to China and founded the Center for Public Health Research at Nanjing University and has served as the director of the center since. Allen Wu’s major research interest is viral infection and antiviral immunity, anti-viral mechanisms and intervention of sexually transmitted diseases. His current research interests cover HSV, HIV, EV71 and highly pathogenic acute viral infection, such as Bunyavirus.