Professor Tao Wu is currently the Dean of Faculty of Science and Engineering （FoSE）. Prior to taking up current position, he was the Head of Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Associate Dean for Research and Director of Health, Safety and Estate Matters of the FoSE. Professor Wu received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham UK. He joined the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) in 2007 as a lecturer. He was promoted to an Associate Professor in 2010, an Associate Professor and Reader in 2013, and then a full Professor in 2015.

Professor Tao Wu has over 20 years of RD&D experience on the efficient conversion and utilization of fossil fuels/biomass and the development of novel materials for environmental applications. His research programmes cover a wide range from blue-sky research to proof of concept and patent development leading to commercialisation. To date, Professor Wu has completed over 40 research projects funded by various funding bodies and has developed technologies that benefit the society through commercialisation.

As an active researcher, Professor Wu also serves as a committee member on a number of national and regional professional bodies. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, is currently leading the Municipal Key Laboratory of Clean Energy Conversion Technologies at UNNC and holds the Director position of the University’s New Materials Institute (NMI).

吴韬教授现任理工学院院长，曾任化学与环境工程系系主任及理工学院副院长（先后分管科研、健康、安全及资产）。吴韬教授毕业于英国诺丁汉大学化学工程专业，获博士学位，2007年开始担任宁波诺丁汉大学讲师、副教授、准教授，2015年晋升教授。

吴韬教授拥有20多年的化石与生物能源清洁转化与利用技术以及面向环境的新材料开发方面的研究经验，其研究兴趣广泛，涵盖了基础研究、概念验证以及产业化技术开发。迄今为止，吴韬教授已完成各类项目40余项，通过推动所开发的部分技术的工业化应用实现了对社会的回报。

作为一名活跃的科研人员，吴韬教授还担任一些国际、国内专业技术团体的学术职务，是皇家化学会会士（Fellow），目前还兼任宁波市清洁能源转化技术重点实验室主任以及诺丁汉大学宁波新材料研究院院长。