Dr. Lu earned a MD degree from the University of Nanjing Traditional Chinese Medicine
and a MS in Physiology from the University of Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Dr. Lu attended graduate school at Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
and earned his PhD in Anatomy. In April 1994, he was recognized by the Pennsylvania
State University College of Medicine Class of 1997 for Excellence in Teaching.
Dr. Lu then went to the California Institute of Technology to continue his postdoctoral
studies in cerebellar research using in vitro, in vivo and computational modeling
methods. He received a NIMH Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Research Service Award
(NRSA) Training Grant.
After moving to the Research Imaging Center, UTHSCSA, his research expanded to imaging
studies using MRI techniques. He was also involved in teaching graduate and medical
students to do basic science. He was then promoted to research assistant professor.
He now teaches gross anatomy, histology and neuroscience for the osteopathic medical
students at PCOM Georgia. He also teaches experimental design and data analysis in
biomedical science program.
Dr. Lu has established a lab capable of doing both in vivo and in vitro studies of
cerebellar function at PCOM Georgia. He also conducts collaborative research as an
adjunct associate professor in the Department of Biology at Emory University using
electrophysiological and optogenetic methods. This research was supported by CCDA
and NIH grants.
Dr. Lu is married. His hobby is playing badminton.
