Yang Lu

2011  Ph.D.  Rice University, USA    (Mechanical Engineering)

2006  M.S.  New Mexico Tech, USA (Materials Engineering)

2004  B.S.  Nanjing University, China (Physics)

Dec 2022 – present “HKU-100 Scholar” Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Hong Kong

Jul 2021 – Dec 2022 Full Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Jul 2017 – Jun 2021  Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering (former Dept. of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering), City University of Hong Kong

Oct 2012 – Jun 2017  Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong

Feb 2011 – Oct 2012  Postdoctoral Associate, Nanomechanics Laboratory, MIT

Yang Lu is currently “HKU-100 Scholar” Professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Prof. Lu’s research focuses on experimental micro/nanomechanics. 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 an associate editor for journal Materials Today, as well as a board member for academic journals such as 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 scheme (RFS) 2020/21. He is an elected member of the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK) in 2022.

1. Hou, Y., Zhou, J., He, Z., Chen, J., Zhu, M., Wu, H., Lu, Y.* “Tuning instability in suspended monolayer 2D materials” Nature Communications 15, 4033, 2024.

2. Li, Z., Jia, Y., Duan, K., Xiao, R., Qiao, J., Liang, S., Wang, S., Chen, J., Wu, H., Lu, Y.*, Wen, X.* “One-photon three-dimensional printed fused silica glass with sub-micron features” Nature Communications 15(1), 2689, 2024

3. Li, X., Meng, Y., Li, W., Zhang, J., Dang, C., Wang, H., Hung, S.W., Fan, R., Chen, F.R.*, Zhao, S.*, Ho, J.C.*, Lu, Y.* “Multislip-enabled morphing of all-inorganic perovskites” Nature Materials 22, 1175-1181, 2023.

4. V Karthikeyan, JU Surjadi, X Li, R Fan, VCS Theja, WJ Li, Y Lu*, VAL Roy* “Three dimensional architected thermoelectric devices with high toughness and power conversion efficiency” Nature Communications 14, 2069, 2023.

5. JU Surjadi, Y Lu* “Design criteria for tough metamaterials” Nature Materials 21, 272–274, 2022.

6. C Dang, JP Chou, B Dai, CT Chou, Y Yang, R Fan, W Lin, F Meng, A Hu*, J Zhu*, J Han, A M Minor, J Li*, Y Lu* “Achieving large uniform tensile elasticity in microfabricated diamond” Science 371 (6524), 76-78, 2021.

7. K Cao, S Feng, Y Han, L Gao, TH Ly, Z Xu*, Y Lu* “Elastic straining of free-standing monolayer graphene” Nature Communications 11, 284, 2020.

8. A Banerjee, D Bernoulli, H Zhang, MF Yuen, J Liu, J Dong, F Ding, J Lu, M Dao*, W Zhang*, Y Lu*, S Suresh* "Ultralarge elastic deformation of nanoscale diamond" Science 360 (6386), 300-302, 2018.

9. H Zhang, J Tersoff, S Xu, H Chen, Q Zhang, K Zhang, Y Yang, CS Lee, KN Tu*, J Li*, Y Lu* "Approaching the ideal elastic strain limit in silicon nanowires" Science Advances 2, e1501382, 2016.

10. Y Lu, JY Huang, C Wang, S Sun, J Lou* "Cold welding of ultrathin gold nanowires" Nature Nanotechnology 5 (3), 218-224, 2010.

Full publication list link:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rGTOkMkAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

2022 Elected Member, the Hong Kong Young Academy of Sciences (YASHK)

2021 Opening Plenary Keynote speaker, 31st International Conference on Diamond & Carbon Materials

2020 RGC Research Fellow 2020/21, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)

2019 National Excellent Young Scientists Fund (Hong Kong and Macau), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)

2013 UGC Early Career Award 2013/14, Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC)