Yang LU

• Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong
• Member, The Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences

Yang LU is currently HKU-100 Scholar Professor in Mechanical Engineering at The University of Hong Kong (HKU). He received his BS degree in Physics from Nanjing University and PhD degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rice University, and did his postdoctoral research in the Nanomechanics Lab at MIT. Previously, he worked at City University of Hong Kong as Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor during 2012 to 2022. Prof. Lu’s research focuses on experimental nanomechanics and nano-manufacturing. He has published more than 200 articles in leading academic journals including Science, Nature Nanotechnology, Nature Materials, Nature Communications and Science Advances. Professor Lu serves as associate editor for Materials Today, as well as editorial board member for National Science Review, Science China Technological Sciences, and Acta Mechanica Sinica. Prof. Lu is a recipient of UGC Early Career Award 2013/14, the inaugural NSFC Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau) 2019 and RGC Research Fellow 2020/21. He is an elected member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK) in 2022.