吴涛，1980年生，博士，副教授，硕士生导师，现任理学院物理教研室副主任、党支部书记。
1998--2005年在湖北大学获学士、硕士学位。2008-2012年在华中科技大学光电实验室获光学工程博士学位。
2005年进入武汉工程大学理学院从事物理学科研究和教学工作。
2014－2015年获国家留学基金委资助在爱尔兰都柏林大学物理学院光谱物理实验室进行合作研究，从事超极紫外光刻光源及水窗成像光源的研究。
2013年7月晋升副教授。
2012年10月被列入武汉工程大学第二批中青年骨干教师培养计划，湖北省仪器仪表协会理事。
目前主要主讲本科生课程：《大学物理》、《大学物理实验》，研究生课程《光谱学》等。
主要研究方向：1）激光等离子体极紫外光刻光源；2）超极紫外水窗成像；3）原子与分子物理学。
2008年以来承担或参加国家、省部级等科研项目5项，发表科研论文30余篇，其中被SCI、EI、ISTP 检索20余篇，发表教学研究论文4篇。主持国家自然科学基金项目1项、湖北省教育厅项目2项等，合作出版著作和教材2本。先后获得 “科技工作先进个人”、 “工会积极分子”等荣誉称号。
发表的学术论文：
1. Tao Wu, Takeshi Higashiguchi, Bowen Li, Goki Arai, Hiroyuki Hara , Yoshiki Kondo, Takanori Miyazaki , Thanh-Hung Dinh, Padraig Dunne, Fergal O’Reilly, Emma Sokell and Gerry O’Sullivan, Spectral investigation of highly ionized bismuth plasmas produced by subnanosecond Nd:YAG laser pulses, Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, 49(2016): 035001.
2. Tao Wu, Takeshi Higashiguchi, Bowen Li, Yuhei Suzuki, Goki Arai, Thanh-Hung Dinh, Padraig Dunne, Fergal O’Reilly, Emma Sokell, Luning Liu, and Gerry O’Sullivan, Analysis of extreme ultraviolet spectra from laser produced rhenium plasmas, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 48 (2015): 165005.
3. Tao Wu, Takeshi Higashiguchi, Bowen Li, Yuhei Suzuki, Goki Arai, Thanh-Hung Dinh, Padraig Dunne, Fergal O’Reilly, Emma Sokell, Luning Liu, and Gerry O’Sullivan, XUV spectral analysis of ns-and ps-laser produced platinum plasmas, Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 48(2015): 245007.
4. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang, Shaoyi Wang, Jian Tang, Hong Lu, Peixiang Lu, Time and space resolved visible spectroscopic imaging CO₂ laser produced extreme ultraviolet emitting tin plasmas. Journal of Applied Physics, 111(2012): 063304.
5. Tao Wu，Xinbing Wang, Hong Lu, Peixiang Lu, Debris mitigation power of various buffer gases for CO₂ laser produced tin plasma. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 45(2012): 475203.
6. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang. Lifetime calculation on collector optics from laser plasma extreme ultraviolet sources with minimum mass. Chinese Physics Letters, 28(2011): 055201.
7. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang, Shicheng Yu, Lun Xiong, A model for extreme ultraviolet radiation conversion efficiency from laser produced mass-limited tin-based droplet target plasmas. Communications in Theoretical Physics, 57(2012): 695~700.
8. Tao Wu，Xinbing Wang. Spectral efficiency of extreme ultraviolet emission from CO₂ laser produced tin plasma using a grazing incidence flat-field spectrograph. Plasma Science and Technology, 15(2013): 435-438.
9. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang, Shaoyi Wang, Peixiang Lu. Characteristics of extreme ultraviolet emission from tin plasma using CO₂ laser for lithography. Spectroscopy and Spectral Analysis, 32(2012): 1729～1733. (in Chinese)
10. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang, Jian Tang, Shaoyi Wang, Zhiming Rao, Chenguang Yang, Hong Lu, Extreme Ultraviolet and Visible Emission Spectroscopic Characterization of CO₂ Laser Produced Tin Plasma for Lithography, Acta Optica Sinica, 32(2012): **. (in Chinese)
11. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang, Jian Tang, Zhiming Rao, Shaoyi Wang, Analysis of the properties of CO₂ laser-induced aluminum plasma at different ambient pressures, Laser Technology, 35(2011): 800～803. (in Chinese)
12. Tao Wu, Xinbing Wang, Shifang Wang, Rong Tan. Research on Pulsed CO₂ Laser Produced Sn Plasma Plume Expansion Properties by Shadowgraph Technique. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 40(2013): **. (in Chinese)
13. Wu Tao, Wang Shi-fang, Rao Zhi-ming. Ion energy spectrum and magnetic foil trap debris mitigationefficiency of the laser produced plasma sources for extreme ultraviolet lithography. POEM, 2011, Proceeding of SPIE, 8330: 83300O-1~8, Wuhan, 2012.
14. Wu Tao, Wang Shi-fang, Rao Zhi-ming. UV-visible spectroscopic study of CO2 laser produced tin plasma. POEM, 2011, Proceeding of SPIE, 8330: 83300R-1~8, Wuhan, 2012.
15. Wu Tao, Rao Zhi-ming, Wang Shi-fang. Deposition and sputtering yields on EUV collector mirror from laser plasma extreme ultraviolet sources. POEM, 2010, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 276(1): 012031, Wuhan, 2011.
16. Wang Xin-bing, Zuo Du-luo, Lu Pei-xiang, Wu Tao. Research of the CO2 laser produced tin plasma and its extreme ultraviolet emission. Laser and Tera-Hertz Science and Technology. 2012, Optical Society of America, 2012.
17. 吴涛，王世芳. 激光等离子体羽辉膨胀的流体动力学模型及数值模拟. 武汉工程大学学报, 33(11): 95-98, 2011.
18. 吴涛，王新兵，左都罗，王世芳. 高能脉CO2激光等离子体波导的研究. 武汉工程大学学报, 31(12): 82-85, 2009.
19. Tang Jian, Zuo Du-luo, Wu Tao, Chen Zu-hai. Spatio-temporal evolution of laser-induced air plasma in the stage of laser pulse action. Optics Communications, 289: 114-118, 2012.
20. Guo L B, Zhang B Y, He X N, Li C M, Zhou Y S, Wu Tao, Park J B, Zeng X Y, Lu Y F. Optimally enhanced optical emission in laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy by combining spatial confinement and dual-pulse irradiation. Optics Express, 20(2): 1436~1443, 2012.
21. Rao Zhi-Ming, Wang Xin-Bing*, Lu Yan-Zhao, Zuo Du-Luo, Wu Tao. Two schemes for generating efficient terahertz waves in nonlinear optical crystals with a mid-infrared CO2 laser. Chinese Physics Letters, 28(7): 074215, 2011.
22. Wang Shifang, Wu Tao, Qi Hongyan, Zheng Qiusha, Zheng Qian, A permeability model for power-law fluids in fractal porous media composed of arbitrary cross-section capillaries. Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2015, 437: 12-20.
23.王世芳, 吴涛.Ｂｉｎｇｈａｍ流体在“点到圆”形分叉网络中的启动压力梯度, 华中师范大学学报，2013, 47(2): 195-199.
24.王世芳，吴涛，邓永菊，郑秋莎.幂律流体在裂缝介质中渗流特性的分形分析, 华中师范大学学报,2015, 49(6): 872-875.
25.王世芳，吴涛，邓永菊，郑秋莎. 多孔介质渗透率的一种新分形模型,力学季刊，2016，37(2):293-301.
26.SHIFANG WANG,TAO WU,YONGJU DENG,QIUSHA ZHENG,QIAN ZHENG.A DIFFUSIVITY MODEL FOR GAS DIFFUSION IN DRY POROUS MEDIA COMPOSED OF CONVERGING–DIVERGING CAPILLARIES.2016,Fractals.
27.王世芳，吴涛. 多孔介质有效热导率的一种新模型,工程热物理学报，2016.
28. Chen Hong, Lan Hui, Chen Zi-Qi, Liu Lu-Ning, Wu Tao, Zuo Du-Luo, Lu Pei-Xiang, Wang Xin-Bing, Experimental study on laser produced tin droplet plasma extreme ultraviolet light source, Acta Physica Sinica, 64, 075202 (2015).
29. 陈子琪, 王新兵, 左都罗, 陆培祥, 吴涛. (2014). 极紫外光源锡液滴靶的检测研究. 强激光与粒子束, 26(12), 39-43.
30. Chen, H., Wang, X., Zuo, D., Lu, P., Zhu, H., & Wu, T. (2014, April). Emission properties of tin droplets laser-produced-plasma light sources. In SPIE Advanced Lithography (pp. 90481V-90481V). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
31. 王世芳, 吴涛. Matlab 在电磁学实验教学中的应用[J]. 湖北第二師範學院學報, 2008, 25(2): 65-66.
32. 王世芳, 吴涛, 邓永菊. Origin 对动态磁滞回线实验数据的处理方法[J]. 湖北第二師範學院學報, 2010, 27(2): 97-99.