1980年5月出生于山西省孝义市，2002年毕业于山西大同大学化学系，同年考取西北大学分析化学专业攻读硕士学位，2005年考取中国科学院生态环境研究中心攻读博士学位。参与多项国家自然科学基金项目、863、973项目，博士期间在国外学术刊物发表SCI论文5篇。博士在读期间多次获得奖学金和荣誉称号。2008年获理学博士学位。
代表性成果：
1．Naiying Wu, Shuzhen Zhang, Honglin Huang, Xiaoquan Shan, Peter Christie. DDT uptake by arbuscular mycorrhizal alfalfa and depletion in soil as influenced by soil application of a non-ionic surfactant. Environmental Pollution, 2008, 151, 569-575.
2. Naiying Wu, Shuzhen Zhang, Honglin Huang, Peter Christie. Enhanced dissipation of phenanthrene in spiked soil by arbuscular mycorrhizal alfalfa combined with a non-ionic surfactant amendment. Science of the total environment，2008, 394, 230-236.
3. Naiying Wu, Honglin Huang, Shuzhen Zhang, Yong-Guan Zhu, Peter Christie, Yong Zhang. Phenanthrene uptake by Medicago sativa L. under the influence of an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus，Environmental Pollution (accepted).
4. Honglin Huang, Shuzhen Zhang, Bao-Dong Chen, Naiying Wu, Xiao-quan Shan . Uptake of atrazine and cadmium from soil by maize (Zea mays L.) in association with the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus Glomus etunicatum . Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2006, 54, 9377-9382.
5．Wei Gao, Junfeng Song, Naiying Wu, Voltammetric behavior and square-wave voltammetric determination of trepibutone at a pencil graphite electrode. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry.2005, 576, 1-7.