Wenbo Wu, PhD

Graham Weston Endowed Professorship

Associate Professor, Operations and Analytics

Wenbo Wu is at the forefront of UT San Antonio’s vision to be a leading public research institution. With his combined industry experience and high research output, Wu is a rising scholar in the College of Business.

Wenbo Wu is at the forefront of UT San Antonio’s vision to be a leading public research institution. With his combined industry experience and high research output, Wu is a rising scholar in the Alvarez College of Business.

Wu’s research interests include business analytics, data mining, machine learning, causal inference, variable selection and dimension reduction. He is also an avid collaborator and has worked with lead researchers in engineering, computer science, marketing and finance. Since joining UT San Antonio, Wu has received several grants with combined funds of over $250,000.

Wu has actively published in reputable academic journals and conferences and been invited for presentations at both national and international conferences and seminars. He received the Col. Jean Piccione and Lt. Col Philip Piccione Endowed Faculty Award for Research Excellence in 2020 and the Dean’s Distinguished Research Award in 2021. His paper received the Distinguished Research Paper Award from the Academic of Distinguished Researchers of UT San Antonio in 2024.

Since joining UT San Antonio, Wu has been a member of numerous dissertation committees and chaired three doctoral dissertations. He was the faculty advisor for the university's Undergraduate Research Showcase project, which received both the “Best in College” Award and the “Best in Show” Award at the 2019 UT San Antonio Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase. Wu is also a four-time consecutive first place champion of the national SAS Analytics Shootout.  He received the Patrick J. Clynes Excellence in Service Endowed Faulty Award from the Alvarez College of Business. Wu currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Operations and Analytics. He was selected to be the Fellow of Texas Academic Leadership Academy.

Wu is a member of the American Statistical Association (ASA), the International Chinese Statistical Association (ICSA), the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), and the American Mathematical Society (AMS).