2006 AAAS International Scientific Cooperation Award goes to Arizona State U. landscape...( Ecological Research project. Wu has be...)

Wu received his bachelor's degree from Inner Mongolia University in Hohhot, China. He did postdoctoral studies at Princeton University. Now a professor of life sciences at Arizona State, Wu returns frequently to Asia to do grasslands research, train local conservationists, and teach university students how to undertake scientific research and write successful grant proposals. He serves as an adviser on China issues to Michael Crow, president of Arizona State University. He is editor-in-chief of Landscape Ecology, a leading international journal in his field.

Jonathan Fink, a professor of geological sciences at Arizona State, noted in his nomination letter that Wu is widely known and respected. During the opening in 2006 of the U.S. National Science Foundation's office in Beijing, Fink said it became clear that all of the NSF staff members at the office were familiar with Wu's work. During the opening, representatives of American institutions spoke of the need to do research that combines cutting-edge discovery with profound social relevance, Fink said. "I felt fortunate that thanks to the efforts and accomplishments of Dr. Wu, Arizona State University, and the many universities that we now partner with in China and the U.S., are well on our way to establishing these kinds of deep multidimensional connections."

Established in 1992, the AAAS Award for International Scientific Cooperation recognizes an individual or a limited number of individuals for making extraordinary contributions to further international cooperation in science and engineering. Wu will receive a commemorative plaque and a monetary prize of $5,000 on 17 February at the 2007 AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco.