George Lu

George Lu obtained his Ph.D. in protein biochemistry at UC San Diego before joining the lab of Mikhail Shapiro at Caltech for his postdoctoral training. There, he focused on the engineering of gas-filled protein nanostructures for ultrasound- and MRI-based biological imaging, and his work was recognized by the Young Investigator of the Year award from the World Molecular Imaging Society. He currently leads the Lab for Synthetic Macromolecular Assemblies (SynMA) at the Department of Bioengineering at Rice University, which leverages synthetic biology and protein engineering to understand the biology and develop novel applications of gas-filled protein nanostructures. Lab website: lulab.rice.edu