Prof. Yi Lu
Institute of Process Engineering
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: luyi@ipe.ac.cn
Address: B609-IPE Building, ZhongGuanCun 2nd Street, Haidian District, Beijing, China 100091
(北京市海淀区中关村北二街1号过程大厦B609, 100091)
Web Pages: Web of Science; Google Scholar; ResearchGate
Education
2012 Beijing Institute of Technology, Bachelor's Degree
2020 University of Alberta, Ph.D. Degree (Supervisors: Prof. Zhenghe Xu, Prof. Qingxia Liu)
Experience
2020-2021 University of Alberta, Postdoctoral Fellow (Prof. Qingxia Liu's group)
2021-2024 The University of British Columbia, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Prof. Orlando J. Rojas's group)
Publications
Recent Features:
(1) Yi Lu*; Marina Mehling; Long Bai*; Siqi Huan*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Nanocellulose-based biofabrication: From bioadaptive design to living materials, Chemical Society Reviews, 2024, 53(14): 7363–7391. (Front Cover)
(2) Daniel Barber-Rothschild; Jingqian Chen; Zhangmin Wan; Scott Renneckar; Ingo Bugert; Yong Ding*; Yi Lu*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Lignin-based porous carbon adsorbents for CO2 capture, Chemical Society Reviews, 2025, 54(2): 623–652. (Front Cover)
(3) Yingying Wang; Siqi Huan*; Yi Lu*; Living emulsions: Role and functionality of active bacteria in multiphase systems, ACS Applied Engineering Materials, 2025, 3(6): 1492–1502. (ACS Editor’s Choice)
(4) Yi Lu*; Yeedo Chun; Xuetong Shi; Dong Wang; Farhad Ahmadijokani; Orlando J. Rojas*; Multiphase under-liquid biofabrication with living soft matter: A route to customize functional architectures with microbial nanocellulose, Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(27): 2400311. (Front Cover)
(5) Yuan Sun#; Yang Liu#; Long Bai; Shouxin Liu; Zhangmin Wan; Zhaolin Yang; Liwen Yu; Siqi Huan*; Chengyu Wang*; Zhiguo Li*; Yi Lu*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Wood That Bonds Itself: Homologous Adhesion through Cellulose Reconstitution, Nature Communications, 2026, Accepted.
(6) Han Wang#; Yi Lu#; Long Bai; Mengqi Zhu; Xiyue Liu; Zhiguo Li; Yang Liu; Wei Li; Shouxin Liu; Siqi Huan*; Chaoji Chen*; Thomas P. Russell*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Natural nanoparticle complexes at water-water interfaces, Nature Communications, 2025, 16: 5468.
(7) Xuetong Shi; Ran Bi; Xin Shu; Peipei Wang; Yeedo Chun; Zhixiang Chen; Chris Zhou; Yi Lu*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Native lignin migration and clustering in wood: Superhydrophobic, anti-mold, and tribo-negative layers for rain-driven electrification, Advanced Functional Materials, 2025, 35(29): 2504381.
(8) Junhua Xu; Yujun Zou; Huangjingyi Chen; Zhangmin Wan; Ayako Takagi; Zhiguo Wang; Juan Yu; Liang Liu; Yi Lu*; Yimin Fan*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Magnetoresponsive cellulose nanofiber hydrogels: Dynamic structuring, selective light transmission, and information encoding, ACS Nano, 2025, 19(14): 14063–14072.
(9) Yi Hu; Yu Chen; Jianing Xu; Wanli Cheng*; Yi Lu*; Guangping Han*; Orlando J. Rojas*; Hybrid nanofiber-based atmospheric water harvesters: Sunlight-driven operation in low-humidity and low-illumination environments, ACS Nano, 2025, 19(22): 20881–20891.
(10) Yi Lu; Rui Li; Rogerio Manica; Qingxia Liu; Zhenghe Xu*; Enhancing oil-solid and oil-water separations in heavy oil recovery by CO2-responsive surfactants, AIChE Journal, 2021, 67(1): e17033.
Total Publications:
67 papers (13 first/co-first publications; 16 corresponding publications) (updated by 2026.04)