Faculty Profile

Prof. Xiong Lu received his bachelor degree in School of Materials Science and  Engineering of Chongqing University, Chongqing, China in 1999.  He obtained his  Master and Ph.D degree in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Hong Kong  University of Science and Technology (Mech Dept, HKUST) in 2001 and 2004,  respectively. After one year postdoctoral work in HKUST, he joined in the School  of Materials Science and Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University of China in  2005, and was appointed as an Associate Professor. He was promoted to Professor  in Nov 2011. From Feb 2009- Oct 2009, he was a visiting scholar in Mech Dept,  HKUST. From Nov 2009- Oct 2011, he was a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Hokkaido  University.

His research interesting is in the area of micro/nano technology  and biomaterial surface engineering. In addition to experimental study, he also  conducts theoretical calculation and computer simulation in order to understand  fundamentals of biomaterial science. Heretofore he has authored and co-authored  more than 60 academic papers and has contributed two book chapters in the field  of biomaterials. Some of these papers are highly cited.  For example, one paper  (Biomaterials,  26,  1097-1108, 2005) was selected in the Hottest Top 25 Articles List by  Biomaterials, the leading journal in biomedical material research area, and has  already been cited more than 150 times by peers. The total citation of his papers is more than 500  in SCI database.