{"id":12313,"date":"2025-01-28T08:48:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=12313"},"modified":"2025-03-10T14:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-10T18:20:48","slug":"lu-wei","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/photonics\/profile\/lu-wei\/","title":{"rendered":"Lu Wei"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;25fed484-4c0f-45ac-bb31-6229815abce9|7&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;3&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;\u7b49\u7ebf&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri,\u7b49\u7ebf&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,469775450,&quot;wixui-rich-text__text&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;wixui-rich-texttext&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">Lu obtained her Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2015<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"> working with Prof. Wei Min and <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">joined the faculty at Caltech as an Assistant <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Professor of Chemistry in 2018.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"apple-converted-space\" data-ccp-charstyle-defn=\"{&quot;ObjectId&quot;:&quot;25fed484-4c0f-45ac-bb31-6229815abce9|8&quot;,&quot;ClassId&quot;:1073872969,&quot;Properties&quot;:[201342446,&quot;1&quot;,201342447,&quot;5&quot;,201342448,&quot;3&quot;,201342449,&quot;1&quot;,469777841,&quot;Calibri&quot;,469777842,&quot;&quot;,469777843,&quot;\u7b49\u7ebf&quot;,469777844,&quot;Calibri&quot;,201341986,&quot;1&quot;,469769226,&quot;Calibri,\u7b49\u7ebf&quot;,268442635,&quot;24&quot;,469775450,&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;,201340122,&quot;1&quot;,134233614,&quot;true&quot;,469778129,&quot;apple-converted-space&quot;,335572020,&quot;1&quot;,469778324,&quot;Default Paragraph Font&quot;]}\">\u202f<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Her group works on developing and applying next-generation vibrational imaging techniques to quantitatively investigate<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"> the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"> intracellular biophysical and biochemical processes <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\">with an emphasis on <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\">neuronal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\"> metabolism; multiplex <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\">live-cell<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\"> imaging; functional vibrational imaging and sensing with down to single molecule sensitivity.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"apple-converted-space\">\u202f<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Lu has been recently recognized by the 2020 NIH Director&#8217;s New Innovator Award, 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"> <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2022 Vallee Scholar Award, 2023 NSF CAREER award, 2024 BPS <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun Highlight SCXW51888634 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\">Margaret Oakley <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\">Dayhoff<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\"> Award<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\">, <\/span><\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" lang=\"EN-US\" class=\"TextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"> <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">2025 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">Coblentz Award<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW51888634 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"wixui-rich-text__text\">. 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