• 09/2007-07/2012, Ph.D., School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, China
• 09/2003-07/2007, B.S., School of Energy and Power Engineering, Chongqing University, China

2018.01 - now, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Associate Professor
2016.02 - 2017.12, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Lecturer
2013.11 - 2015.12, Magdeburg University, Humboldt fellow
2012.08 - 2016.01, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Lecturer

(1) Transport in porous media
(2) Interfacial transfer

2022.11-2025.10，DFG-NSFC Mobility Program，Continuum model with gas-liquid interfacial area for evaporation in porous media，PI

2018.12-2022.12, National Key Research and Development Program of China, Field scale model for transport of heavy metal, PI

2018.01-2021.12, National Natural and Science Foundation of China, Mechanism of transition between the continuous and discontinuous corner films and its influence during multiphase and multicomponent transport processes in unsaturated porous media, PI

2017.07-2019.06, Shanghai Pujiang Program, Drying of porous media with bubble growth, PI

2014.01-2016.12, National Natural and Science Foundation of China, Pore scale investigation of mechanism of drying in gas diffusion layer of PEMFC, PI

2014.01-2016.12, Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai, Pore scale analysis of characteristics of evaporation and drying in cathode gas diffusion layer of PEMFC, PI

Books
1. R. Wu, M. Prat, Mass transfer driven evaporation from capillary porous media, CRC press, 2022

Book chapters
1. R. Wu, C.Y.Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Book Chapter "Capillary valve effect on drying of porous media" book“Heat and Mass Transfer in Drying of Porous Media", CRC press, 2019

Journal papers

2024
1. R. Wu* , Z.H. Hu, H.J. Zhang, J.Q. Wang, Y. Zhou, Bubbles in porous electrodes for alkaline water electrolysis, Langmuir, 40 (2024) 721
2. N.H. Zhan, Y. Wang, X. Lu, R. Wu*, A. Kharaghani, Pore-corner networks unveiled: Extraction and interactions in porous media, Physical Review Fluids, Accepted

2023
1. R. Wu*, F. Chen, Interplay between salt precipitation, corner liquid film flow, and gas-liquid displacement during evaporation in microfluidic pore networks, Journal of Applied Physics,133 (2023) 074701
2. R. Wu*, X. Li, Y. Sun, P. Szymczak, W. Jiao, Second-order accurate implicit finite volume method for two-dimensional modeling of PFAS transport in unsaturated porous media with variable surface tension, Advances in Water Resources, 178 (2023) 104490

2022
1. N.H. Zhan, R. Wu*, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Proposal for extraction of pore networks with pores of high aspect ratios, Physical Review Fluids, 7 (2022) 014304
2. N. Zhan, R. Wu*, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, OED-based method for extraction of pore networks with high aspect ratio, Album of Porous Media Structure and Dynamics
3. S. Li, H. Liu, R. Wu, J. Cai, G. Xi, F. Jiang, Prediction of spontaneous imbibition with gravity in porous media micromodels, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 952 (2022) A9.

2021
1. R. Wu, O. Lamini, C.Y. Zhao, Leidenfrost temperature: surface thermal diffusivity and effusivity effect, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 168 (2021) 120892.
2. H. Liu, S. Sun, R. Wu, B. Wei, J. Hou, Pore-scale modeling of spontaneous imbibition in porous media using the Lattice Boltzmann method, Water Resources Research, 57 (2021) e2020WR029219
3. R. Wu*, C.Y. Zhao, Distribution of liquid flow in a pore network during evaporation, Physical Review E, 104 (2021) 025107

2020
1. R. Wu, T. Zhang, C. Ye, C.Y. Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Pore network model of evaporation in porous media with continuous and discontinuous corner films, Physical Review Fluids, 5 (2020) 014307
2. H. Wu, C. Fang, R. Wu, R. Qiao, Drying of porous media by concurrent drainage and evaporation: a pore network modeling study, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 152 (2020) 118718
3. T. Zhang, R. Wu*, C.Y. Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Capillary instability induced gas-liquid two-phase displacement in a porous medium: experiment and pore network model, Physical Review Fluids, Accepted
4. T. Kou, S. Wang, R. Shi, T. Zhang, S. Chiovoloni, J.Q. Lu, W. Chen, M.A. Worsley, B.C. Wood, S.E. Baker, E.B. Duoss, R. Wu*, C. Zhu*, Y. Li*, Periodic porous 3D electrodes mitigate gas bubble traffic during alkaline water electrolysis at high current densities, Advanced Energy Materials, (2020) 2002955 (back cover)

2019
1. R. Wu, L. Yang, C.Y. Zhao, Evaporation from thin porous media with mixed intermediately-wet and hydrophobic networks, International Journal of Thermal Sciences 138 (2019) 159-173.
2. C.Z. Qin, B. Guo, M. Celia, R. Wu, Dynamic pore network modeling of air-water flow through thin porous layers, Chemical Enginnering Science, 202 (2019) 194-207.

2017
1. R. Wu, C.Y.Zhao, E. Tsotsas, A. Kharaghani, Convective drying in thin hydrophobic porous media, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer 112 (2017) 630-642.

2016
1. R.Wu*, A.Kharaghani, E.Tsotsas, Two-phase flow with capillary valve effect in porous media, Chemical Engineering Science, 139 (2016) 241-248.
2. R.Wu*, A.Kharaghani, E.Tsotsas, Capillary valve effect during slow drying of porous media, International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 94 (2016) 81-86.

Heat transfer
Design and practice of thermodynamic system

Journals:
Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, Associate Editor
International Journal of Chemical Engineering, Editor Member
Advances in Water Resources, Editor of Special Issue "Phase change in porous media"

Reviewer for Journals：
《ACS Applied Materials & Interface》《Advances in Colloid and Interface Science》《Advanced Energy Materials》《Applied Energy》《Applied Physics Letters》《Applied Surface Science》《Computer and Fluids》《Chemical Engineering Journal》《Chemical Engineering Science》《Computers and Geotechnics》《Desalination》《Energy》《Environmental Science & Technology》《Fuel》《Journal of Energy Chemistry》《Journal of Hydrology》《International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer》《International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer》《International Journal of Multiphase Flow》《International Journal of Thermal Science》《Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research》《International Journal of Hydrogen Energy》《Journal of Colloid and Interface Science》《Journal of Porous Media》《Journal of Power Sources》《Langmuir》《Physics of Fluid》《Powder Technology》《Small》《SPE Journal》《Surfaces and Interfaces》《Transport in Porous Media》《Water Resources Research》

Conference Organizations：
2025, Interpore Conference, USA, Session organizer
2024, Interpore Conference, China, Session organizer
2020，International Conference on Applied Energy, Session organizer
2020, Interpore Conference, China, Session organizer
2018, International Heat Transfer Conference, China, Associate editor
2018, Interpore Conference, USA, Session organizer
2017, UTSE-EB Meeting, China, Sectretary

2019，August-Wilhelm Scheer Visiting Professorship
2013，Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellowship