- Dean of College of Engineering, CityU
- Chair Professor of Department of Mechanical Engineering , Material Science and Engineering, Biomedical Science and Biomedical Engineering, CityU
- Senior Fellow of Hong Kong Institute for Advanced Study
- Director of Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center
- Director of Centre of Advanced Structural Materials
His research interests are surface science and engineering, processing and mechanical properties of nanomaterials and advanced materials, experimental mechanics and residual stress. Prof. Jian Lu has published more than 460 journal papers including papers in Nature (cover story), Science, Science Advances, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Materials Today, Advanced Materials, Physical Review Letters, Acta Materialia, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids. His publications have been cited more than 39,000 times. He is the inventor of more than 78 granted patents in USA, Europe and China with international extension.
He was awarded in 2006 the French Knight Order of National Merit (Chevalier de l'Ordre National du Mérite); and in 2017 the Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour (Chevalier de la Legion D’honneur); In 2011, he was elected as an Academician of the National Academy of Technology of France. He was the recipient of the 12th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award in 2018, which was regarded as “the most prestigious award for engineering and technology achievement in China”.
Personal Webpage: https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/persons/jian-lu(2e28d779-1155-49a2-bd2a-81aa891225cf).html