Lizhen Wu

Lizhen Wu is an Associate Research Scientist at the Yale School of Medicine, Yale University. His research spans interdisciplinary fields including immunology, aerospace engineering, and computational biology. He focuses on molecular mechanisms of immune response modulation, particularly in somatic hypermutation and class switch recombination, as well as developing advanced UAV coordination algorithms and swarm intelligence systems. His work integrates genetic studies with bioinformatics, and he collaborates with leading researchers such as David G. Schatz and Anurupa Devi Yadavalli.

Key research areas include:

• Immunology: Study of epigenetic factors (e.g., ELOF1, STING) in antibody diversification and cancer immune evasion
• Robotics: Multi-target tracking, swarm task planning, and manned-unmanned teaming strategies for aerospace applications
• Genetics: Roles of histone demethylases (KDM5A) in cancer progression and senescence

Dr. Wu has published extensively in journals like Molecular Cell and IEEE Signal Processing Letters, with a focus on translating computational models into real-world applications. His recent work combines large language models (LLMs) with swarm robotics for optimized task allocation.