Dr. Fu joined Van Andel Institute’s Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Core in August 2020. She obtained her B.Sc. in agronomy from China Agricultural University. After graduation, she earned a Ph.D. in plant and environmental sciences from Clemson University. She subsequently served as a postdoctoral researcher at Washington State University and Texas A&M University, where she studied genomics of insect pests and beneficial nematodes in agroecosystems.