Rongling Wu
Associate Professor
Department of Statistics
Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
Statistical Consulting Unit
409 McCarty Hall C
P. O. Box 110339
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL 32611-0339
Phone: (352) 392-3806
Fax: (352) 392-8555
E-mail: RWu "at" ufl "dot" edu
Web page: http://www.stat.ufl.edu/genetics/index.html
Honors and Professional Activities
- 2006 - Gamma Sigma Delta Junior Faculty Award by the Honor Society of Agriculture (University of Florida Chapter)
- 2005 - Appointed Adjunct Distinguished Professor, Nanjing Forestry University
- 2002 - Appointed Adjunct Distinguished Professor, Zhejiang Forestry University
- 2002-2003 University of Florida Research Foundation Award
- 2002-2005 Outstanding Young Investigator Abroad Award by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. This prestigious award is only conferred to talented young Chinese scientists working abroad.
Bibliographic Listings
- Selected Biography, Marquis Who's Who in the World, 2003-2005
- Selected Biography, Marquis Who's Who in 20th Century America, 2002
- Selected Biography, Marquis Who's Who in the World (page 2416), 2001
Research Interests
Trained in genetics, Dr. Wu is now intrigued by statistical and mathematical modeling of genetic and biological problems. He has always been fascinated by fundamental developmental issues related to life processes. He has been heavily involved in the development of powerful statistical models and algorithm that empower general geneticists and biologists to unlock the secrets of life.
Selected Publications
Books
- Wu, R. L., C.-X. Ma and G. Casella, 2006 Statistical Genetics of Quantitative Traits: Linkage, Map and QTL. Springer-Verlag, New York (coming soon).
Perspective and Opinion Papers
- Wu, R. L., C.-X. Ma, Y.-X. Lou and G. Casella, 2003 Molecular dissection of allometry, ontogeny and plasticity: A genomic view of developmental biology. BioScience 53: 1041–1047.
- Wu, R. L., and M. Lin, 2006 Functional mapping – How to study the genetic architecture of dynamic complex traits. Nature Reviews Genetics7: 229-237.
Theoretical and Methodological Papers
- Basic models for functional mapping of dynamic complex traits
- Computational algorithms for functional mapping
- Modeling the covariance matrix for functional mapping
- Non-linear mixed-effects mixture model for functional mapping
- Ordinary differential equation models for functional mapping
- High-dimensional models for functional mapping
- Implications for functional mapping: Cancer genetics
- Implications for functional mapping: HIV dynamics
- Implications for functional mapping: Pharmacogenetics and drug response
- Implications for functional mapping: Programmed cell death
- Implications for functional mapping: Ecological and evolutionary genetics
- Allometric scaling
- Genome-genome interactions
- Haplotype, HapMap and QTN identification
- Imprinting genetics
- Unifying interval and linkage disequilibrium mapping
- Zygotic linkage disequilibrium mapping
- Polyploid genetics
- Statistical genetics in outcrossing populations
- Spatial models for QTL mapping
- Dynamic microarray data analysis
- Genetical genomics: Mapping eQTL
- Special topics in QTL mapping
- Quantitative genetics
- Mathematical physiology
Empirical and Applied Papers
- Human genetics
- Animal genetics
- Molecular quantitative genetics in crops and forest trees
- Quantitative genetics in forest trees
- Ecophysiology
Degrees
- B.S. (1984) Nanjing Forestry University, China, Forest Biology
- M.A. (1987) Nanjing Forestry University, China, Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
- Ph.D. (1995) University of Washington, Seattle, Plant Quantitative Genetics
