Bin Wu, Ph.D. - profile information
More information about Bin Wu, Ph.D.
- Assistant Professor
- Department of Horticulture
Short Bio
Being part of the AU Hort team as an Assistant Professor of Ornamental Horticulture, focusing on ornamental crop production, I bring 14+ years of expertise in propagation/production/breeding of ornamentals like camellias (Alabama's State Flower), and 7+ years of multi-state, interdisciplinary work on integrated pest management for crapemyrtles, the top-selling flowering tree in the U.S. I believe breakthroughs bloom when academics and industry work shoulder-to-shoulder, and I see tremendous opportunities to collaborate with Alabama’s nursery and greenhouse communities. I’m also eager to mentor the next generation of horticulturists so they graduate well-prepared to help our state’s flourishing green industry continue to thrive.More bio information
Education
Ph.D.Texas A&M University
M.S.Sichuan Normal University/ Research Institute of Subtropical Forestry, Chinese Academy of Forestry
B.Eng.Panzhihua University, China
Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Auburn University, 2025 - Present
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Texas A&M University, 2022 - 2025
Research
My research program is all about listening to what growers want and supports their current and future needs related to outdoor nursery crop production, greenhouse floriculture, potted plant production, pest management, and new and emerging systems, including highly controlled environments.Extension Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas A&M University
- Oct 2022 - July 2025 Plant production and pest management
- Serving as Judge for the Barham PhD Graduate Student Oral Competition in the 2025 Annual Meeting of Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Sciences, Irving, TX (02/01/2025)
- Serving as Judge for the Childers MS Graduate Student Oral Competition in the 2025 Annual Meeting of Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Sciences, Irving, TX (02/01/2025)
- Serving as Judge for the Edmond Undergraduate Student Oral Competition in the 2025 Annual Meeting of Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Sciences, Irving, TX (02/01/2025)
- Serving as Judge for the Poster Competition (Undergraduate & Graduate) in the 2025 Annual Meeting of Southern Region American Society for Horticultural Sciences, Irving, TX (02/01/2025)
- Establishing and organizing online workshop on Crop Profile (CP) and Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) for crapemyrtle production, collaborating with Southern Region IPM Center and other Southern region Universities (Oct 2024)
- Developing CP and PMSP for crapemyrtle production across southern region, collaborating with interdisciplinary Researchers and Extension Specialists from multiple U.S. states (July 2023 – Oct 2024)
- Serving as Judge for the Grad Student Oral Competition in Ornamental Plant Breeding in the 2024 ASHS Annual Conference in Honolulu, HI (Sep 2024)
- Serving as Judge for the Grad Student Oral Competition in Ornamental Plant Breeding in the 2023 ASHS Annual Conference in Orlando, FL (Aug 2023)
- Developing beneficial insect habitats for conservation and augmentation of natural enemies to environmentally friendly control pests in sustainable agricultural systems
- Closely collaborating with nurseries across Texas to address issues in crapemyrtle production and CMBS management
- Oct 2022 - July 2025 Plant production and pest management
- Research Assistant at Texas A&M University
- Jan 2018 - Aug 2019, July 2020 - Aug 2022 Plant production and pest management
- National level
- Webinars on CMBS management with other state-wide faculty (2020-2022)
- ‘Chat with Green Aggies’ webinars with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for landscape, nursery, and greenhouse (2020-2021)
- Stakeholder meetings on plant evaluation and pest management with IPPS (2019-2021)
- Moderator for 2021 ASHS Annual Conference in Denver, CO (Aug 2021)
- State level
- Speaker and Moderator for the TCEQ Irrigation Session and the Education Demos in the 2022 TNLA EXPO in San Antonio, Texas (Aug 2022)
- Moderator for the Education Session in the 2018 TNLA EXPO in San Antonio, Texas (Aug 2018)
- Volunteer for the Parks & Patio Taskforce in the 2022 TNLA EXPO in San Antonio, Texas (Aug 2022)
- Speaker for the meeting with Hill Country Master Gardeners Association (Jan 2021)
- Volunteer for the Education Kiosk in the 2018 TNLA EXPO in San Antonio, Texas (Aug 2018)
- Volunteer for the Nursery and Landscape Expo Booth in the 2018 TNLA EXPO in San Antonio, Texas (Aug 2018)
- Volunteer for the Parks & Patio Taskforce in the 2018 TNLA EXPO in San Antonio, Texas (Aug 2018)
Selected Honors & Awards
- National Level
- ASHS PhD Student Scholars Award (Aug 2022)
- Norman F. Childers Outstanding Graduate Student Award at the 2022 Annual Meeting of ASHS-Southern Region in New Orleans, LA (Feb 2022)
- 1st Place in Charlie Parkerson Student Research Competition at the 2021 Annual Meeting of IPPS-Southern Region of NA in Mobile, AL (Oct 2021)
- 2nd Place in 2021 Paul Thomas Pi Alpha Xi Digital Photo contest for Horticulture in Production (Aug 2021)
- State Level
- 1st Place in Student Competition (Ph.D. Category) in the 2022 Lone Star Hort Forum held by TNLA in College Station, TX (Jan 2022)
- 1st Place in graduate students’ Poster Contest at the 32nd Annual Texas Plant Protection Conference (Dec 2020)
- University Level
- Nominated by the Department of Horticultural Sciences to the 2022 College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Dean’s Outstanding Achievement Award for Graduate Research (Feb 2022)
- Student Research Talk Scholarship Oral Presentation Winner at the 2021 Texas A&M University Plant Breeding Symposium “Plant Breeding’s Global Reach” (Feb 2021)
- 1st Place in the graduate students’ Poster Contest at the 2021 Texas A&M University Plant Breeding Symposium “Plant Breeding’s Global Reach” (Feb 2021)
- 2nd Place in the graduate students’ Poster Contest at the 2020 Texas A&M University Plant Breeding Symposium “Foresight 2020: Tuning Crops for Future Needs” (Feb 2020)
Courses
- HORT 2020- Horticulture Crop Production (3 Credit Hours)
- HORT 5220/6220- Greenhouse Management Science (4 Credit Hours)
- HORT 5230/6230- Nursery Management (4 Credit Hours)
