Wei Niu

The University of Texas Health Science Center

Full Professor(heuristic)

Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms · Aging

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h-index23
i10-index29
Publications61
Citations4,662

Grants

5 total · 2 active

NSF #2403090

Collaborative Research: OAC Core: CropDL - Scheduling and Checkpoint/Restart Support for Deep Learning Applications on HPC Clusters

Active
Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2024-10-01 → 2027-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

NSF #2428108

SHF: Small: Memory Hiearachy Optimizations Meet Transformers (MITTEN)

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-10-01 → 2027-09-30
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

NIH #P20GM113126

An Unnatural Amino Acid-based Chromatin Isolation Method (UChIMe) for the Study of Cancer-associated Protein-DNA Interactions

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2016-08-15 → 2026-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN

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All Grants

5 total · 2 active

NSF #2403090

Collaborative Research: OAC Core: CropDL - Scheduling and Checkpoint/Restart Support for Deep Learning Applications on HPC Clusters

Active
Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2024-10-01 → 2027-09-30
PIs
1

Awarded at University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

NSF #2428108

SHF: Small: Memory Hiearachy Optimizations Meet Transformers (MITTEN)

Active
Amount
$600K–$700K
Period
2024-10-01 → 2027-09-30
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Georgia Research Foundation Inc

NIH #P20GM113126

An Unnatural Amino Acid-based Chromatin Isolation Method (UChIMe) for the Study of Cancer-associated Protein-DNA Interactions

Amount
$100K–$200K
Period
2016-08-15 → 2026-07-31
PIs
1

Awarded at UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN

NSF #1805528

Engineering Carboxylic Acid Reductase for the Biosyntheses of Industrial Chemicals

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2018-09-01 → 2022-08-31
PIs
3

Awarded at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

NSF #1438332

SusChEM: Novel 1,2-Propanediol Biosynthesis from Renewable Feedstocks through Enzyme Discovery

Amount
$300K–$400K
Period
2014-08-01 → 2018-07-31
PIs
2

Awarded at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Recent Public Signals

  1. New NSF award: Collaborative Research: OAC Core: CropDL - Scheduling and Checkpoint/Restart Support for Deep Learning Applications on HPC Clusters2024-10-01
  2. New NSF award: SHF: Small: Memory Hiearachy Optimizations Meet Transformers (MITTEN)2024-10-01
  3. New paper: Deriving early single-rosette brain organoids from human pluripotent stem cells (Stem Cell Reports)2023-11-22

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  • Publications as of 2026-07-09
  • Grants as of 2026-09-03

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ORCID: 0000-0002-0894-5696

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