Prof. Ed X. Wu is Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering and holds Lam Woo Professorship in Biomedical Engineering. He joined the University of Hong Kong Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering in 2003. Before joining HKU, Prof. Wu was an Associate Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University in New York where he led the NMR Microimaging Laboratory and served as a core member of Columbia Integrated Imaging Center. From 1990 to 1998, Prof. Wu was the lead technical member in development of the world first 3D positron emission tomography (PET) system and an ultrahigh field magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system at Columbia University. At present, Prof. Wu is the founding Director of the interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biomedical Imaging and Signal Processing, and Research Director of 3T MRI Unit at HKU. He was the Program Director of Medical Engineering Program at HKU Faculty of Engineering from 2009 to 2013. His current research includes biomedical imaging and medical instrumentation, particularly the development of advanced high-field MRI techniques and their applications in preclinical investigation of human brain functions and disease models. Prof. Wu is the recipient of numerous extramural research grants awarded by US National Institutes of Health (NIH), US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), US Department of Interior and Hong Kong Research Grant Council. Prof. Wu presently is the Asia-Pacific Editor of NMR in Biomedicine and an editorial board member of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. He has served in numerous technical and scientific committees in professional societies, funding agencies and international conferences. Prof. Wu is an elected Fellow of International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in 2013, Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) in 2014, and American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE) in 2011. He is also a Fellow of UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE).  He is the recipient of 2009 Outstanding Researcher Award from HKU and 2012 Croucher Senior Research Fellowship from Croucher Foundation. Prof. Wu is the 2016-2017 President Elect of Overseas Chinese Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (OCSMRM). He is an Honorary Professor at Departments of Medicine, Anatomy and Diagnostic Radiology at HKU Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine.