Biography

Professor LU Chun is currently Vice-President (Mainland Strategy) of CityUHK and Executive President of CityUHK(DG).

Professor LU obtained a Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the National University of Singapore in 1994. Prior to that, he earned a bachelor's degree from the Department of Mechanics at Peking University and a master's degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Beijing Institute of Technology. Professor Lu is a scholar who has demonstrated exceptional leadership in the field of higher education. In his research areas of computational mechanics, high-performance computational simulations, computational micro/nanomechanics and computational biomechanics, he has received international academic recognition and accolades, such as the Gold award in the Singapore High-Performance Computing Competition.

Professor LU has held various distinguished positions, including Vice-President and Chief Administrative Officer at Southern University of Science and Technology; Principal Engineer at the Institution of Engineers, Singapore; Senior Researcher and Director of the Large-Scale Complex Systems Research Division at the Singapore Centre for High Performance Computing; Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University; and Assistant to the President, Director of Asia-Pacific Cooperation, and Director of International Projects at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia. Professor Lu is one of the few outstanding individuals who have been involved in the founding process of two new universities, giving him extensive experience in building world-class universities.