Professor and Director
Environmental Health Laboratory
University of Hawaii
United States of America
Tel: 808-956-2702
Dr. Yuanan Lu is Professor and Director of Environmental Health Laboratory at Office of Public Health Studies in University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA. He completed his masters in Microbilogy from Oregon State University and Ph.D. in Microbiology from University of Hawaii at Manoa. Dr. Yuanan Lu’s research interest focuses primarily on environmental and medical virology with the overall goal of employing cutting-edge molecular biology and virology technology for the development of novel strategies for effective detection and diagnosis, preventive and therapeutic approaches to combat pathogenic viruses of humans and marine species, including novel gene therapy for viral infection, marine biotechnology, and new approaches for water quality and risk assessment. His research has been continually well funded from several funding sources including the U.S. Natural Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Health (NIH), U.S. Sea Grant Program, and private foundations. Dr. Lu has provided supervision and scientific training and guidance to over 100 trainees in his laboratory. He is currently on the editorial board for 12 international journals and also reviews for many prestigious peer-review journals (>40) in virology and biomedical sciences related fields.
