Wenkui Yu received his Bachelor’s degree from the Clinical Medical College of Southeast University in 1998. He obtained a Master’s degree and a Doctoral degree from the Medical school of Nanjing University in 2002 and 2005, respectively. In 2008, he joined Nanjing University as an Associate Professor. From December 2008 to December 2009, he worked as a guest surgeon at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery Charite Campus Virchow Clinic, University Medicine Berlin, Germany. In 2014, he was appointed as a full professor at the Medical School of Nanjing University. In 2020, he was honored with the title of Changjiang Scholar by the Chinese Ministry of Education. His research focuses on multiple organ support therapy and nutritional therapy for critically ill and trauma patients.