Prof. Chang Lu

Professional Experience

2024 - present, Assistant Director, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Comprehensive Cancer Center 

2020 - present, Graduate Program Director, Department of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg                                                                 

2016 - present, Fred W. Bull Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

2015 - present, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

2010 - 2015, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg

2009, Associate Professor of Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette

2004 - 2009, Assistant Professor of Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Education

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 and Awards

2025 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

2020 Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE)

2016 Fred W. Bull Endowed Professorship, Virginia Tech

2015 Dean's Award for Research Excellence, Virginia Tech

2012 Faculty Fellow, Virginia Tech

2008 Teaching for Tomorrow Award, Purdue University
2008 NSF CAREER Award

2007 Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Early Career Award

2006 Seed for Success Award, Purdue University

2006 First Annual Millionaires Club Award, Purdue University