{"650229":{"#nid":"650229","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Faces of Research - Meet Hang Lu","body":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMeet Hang Lu\u003C\/strong\u003E, director of the Bioengineering (BioE) Graduate Program, researcher in three interdisciplinary research institutes - \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ibb.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIBB\u003C\/a\u003E, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ien.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EIEN\u003C\/a\u003E, and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/data\u0022\u003EIDEaS\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;Love Family Professor at the Georgia Tech School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat is your field of expertise and why did you choose it?\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI was trained as a chemical engineer,\u0026nbsp;but also did my postdoctoral training in neurogenetics in\u0026nbsp;a\u0026nbsp;medical\u0026nbsp;school environment. Chemical engineering is a fairly comprehensive and versatile discipline; many successful chemical engineers in industry and academia have been applying the fundamentals of chemical engineering to solve a variety of important problems in energy,\u0026nbsp;environment,\u0026nbsp;food,\u0026nbsp;and medicine. I found that these principles also can help basic research in other disciplines including neuroscience and biotech, which I was fascinated by even in my younger years. I was glad to find a way to put these fields together.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat makes Georgia Tech research institutes unique?\u202f\u202f\u003C\/strong\u003E\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EBeing in the interdisciplinary space is something I really enjoy.\u202fGeorgia Tech\u0026nbsp;is at the forefront of interdisciplinary research and teaching. Since coming to Georgia\u0026nbsp;Tech,\u0026nbsp;I have had the pleasure to work with multitudes of collaborators in several different colleges,\u0026nbsp;and to train students in\u0026nbsp;an interdisciplinary\u0026nbsp;environment such as our Bioengineering\u0026nbsp;graduate program.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat impact is your research having on the world?\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMost of my lab work\u0026nbsp;focuses\u0026nbsp;on engineering information-rich experimental systems to understand the development and function of the brain. We develop lab-on-a-chip and other miniaturized systems that enables genetic and drug screens several orders of magnitude faster than conventional techniques. We develop algorithms to mine information too subtle or complex for human vision from large-scale microscopy data.\u0026nbsp;Ultimately, these engineered tools enable better understanding of mechanisms underpinning normal functions and diseases in the brain.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EWhat do you like to do in your spare time when you are not working on your research or teaching?\u202f\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EI enjoy listening to and making (mostly classical) music.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Faces of Research - Meet Hang Lu"}],"uid":"27561","created_gmt":"2021-08-30 19:43:28","changed_gmt":"2021-09-07 12:25:46","author":"Angela Ayers","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2021-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2021-08-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"650226":{"id":"650226","type":"image","title":"Faces of Research - Meet Hang Lu","body":null,"created":"1630350429","gmt_created":"2021-08-30 19:07:09","changed":"1630350429","gmt_changed":"2021-08-30 19:07:09","alt":"Faces of Research - Hang Lu","file":{"fid":"246797","name":"faces of research banner-hang-layout-1.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/faces%20of%20research%20banner-hang-layout-1_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/faces%20of%20research%20banner-hang-layout-1_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":560386,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/faces%20of%20research%20banner-hang-layout-1_0.png?itok=OYKfDdja"}}},"media_ids":["650226"],"groups":[{"id":"1188","name":"Research Horizons"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"187915","name":"go-researchnews"},{"id":"187423","name":"go-bio"},{"id":"187433","name":"go-ien"},{"id":"187082","name":"go-ideas"},{"id":"12701","name":"Institute for Electronics and Nanotechnology"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}