Professor Jianzhong Wu Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Professor Wu leads the University's Research Strategy, working with the Faculties, School and colleagues to strengthen research excellence and global impact.
Contact details
PA: Annabelle Deakin ad2638@bath.ac.uk +44 (0)1225 387880
Role
Professor Wu works with the Faculties, School and colleagues across the University to lead and support ambitious research at the highest standards of excellence, translating knowledge and discovery into real-world change for public benefit.
Related posts
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales
- Fellow of the IEEE
- Fellow of the Energy Institute
- Co-Editor-in-Chief of Applied Energy
Research
Professor Wu specialises in Smart Grids and Multi-Vector Energy Systems. He is recognised as a pioneering researcher in multi-vector energy systems and peer-to-peer energy trading, which have developed into important areas of international energy research.
He has contributed as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator to more than 70 research projects funded by the European Commission, UK research and innovation councils, and industry. He is Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, the EPSRC Supergen Energy Networks Impact Hub and the Hydrogen Integration for Accelerated Energy Transition (Hi-ACT) Hub.
His research has resulted in over 300 peer-reviewed publications, including 16 Clarivate ESI Highly Cited Papers and 5 papers published in Nature Portfolio journals. He has also co-authored several books, including Smart Grid: Technology and Applications (Wiley, 2012), Smart Electricity Distribution Networks (CRC Press, 2017), and The Future of Gas Networks (Springer, 2019).
Career
Before joining the University of Bath as Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) in September 2026, Professor Wu spent 18 years at Cardiff University, where he joined as a Lecturer in 2008 and became Professor of Multi-Vector Energy Systems in 2015. He was Head of the School of Engineering from 2020 to 2026, having previously served as Head of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.
Before joining Cardiff, Professor Wu was a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester. He has also held visiting professorships at Cornell University, including the Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professorship in Engineering and the AI4S Visiting Professor.
Education
Professor Wu received his BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Tianjin University, China, in 1999, 2002 and 2004, respectively.