Yu’s research is focused on bioinformatics, statistics and machine learning. He is interested in applications in metabolomics, pharmacogenomics, and systems biology. In his collaborative research, he works on environmental health, virology/vaccinology, nutrition, and cancer.
Prof. Tianwei Yu is an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports, and Biology. He was former Associate Editor for Current Metabolomics and Systems Biology, and Frontiers in Genetics (Bioinformatics section). In 2021, he won the second prize (participation) for China‘s Ministry of Education Prize for Excellent Achievement in Scientific Research. The students he directed have won David P. Byar Young Investigator Travel Award and ENAR Distinguished Student Paper Award.