Baile Wu is a Postdoctoral Research Scholar in the Paul Westerhoff group at Arizona State University. His current research focuses on basic processes that govern phosphorus transformation, such as organic phosphorus hydrolysis and inorganic phosphate adsorption. Prior to joining STEPS, he was a Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces Germany under the supervision of Prof. Markus Antonietti. Baile received his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in December 2019.