Jiaqian (Emily) Wu is a PhD student at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, having held this position since January 2021. Prior experience includes roles as a Teaching Assistant and Graduate Researcher at the University of California San Diego from 2018 to January 2021. Jiaqian holds a Master's degree in Biochemistry from UC San Diego (2017-2019) and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from both Nanjing Tech University and The University of Sheffield (2013-2017). Additionally, Jiaqian completed a microMBA at the Rady School of Management, UC San Diego in June 2018.