Profile
Microfluidic technologies for genome-wide biology.
Professor Lu's research develops microfluidic platforms and low-input molecular assays for epigenomic profiling, cancer biology, and neuroscience.
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Professional Experience
Academic Appointments
2026 - present, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, NC State University.
2024 - present, Assistant Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center.
2020 - 2026, Graduate Program Director, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech.
2016 - 2026, Fred W. Bull Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech.
2015 - 2026, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech.
2010 - 2015, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech.
2004 - 2009, Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering, Purdue University.
Education
Training
2002 - 2004, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Applied Physics, Cornell University.
2002, Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
2001, M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
1998, B.S. Chemistry, Peking University.
Honors
Awards and Recognition
2025 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
2020 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
2016 Fred W. Bull Endowed Professorship, Virginia Tech.
2015 Dean's Award for Research Excellence, Virginia Tech.
2008 NSF CAREER Award.
2007 Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award.