Lu Wei
Assistant Professor, CalTech | “Functional Bond-Selective Microscopy toward the Single-Molecule, Super-Resolution Regime”
Lu obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2015 working with Prof. Wei Min and joined the faculty at Caltech as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry in 2018. Her group works on developing and applying next-generation vibrational imaging techniques to quantitatively investigate the intracellular biophysical and biochemical processes with an emphasis on neuronal metabolism; multiplex live-cell imaging; functional vibrational imaging and sensing with down to single molecule sensitivity.
Lu has been recently recognized by the 2020 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award, 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship, 2022 Vallee Scholar Award, 2023 NSF CAREER award, 2024 BPS Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award, and 2025 Coblentz Award. Lu is also a Heritage Medical Research Institute (HMRI) Investigator at Caltech.
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