He is the Associate Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, City University of Hong Kong. He also serves as the program leader of Architectural Studies. Dr. LU is interested in healthy cities, environment-behavior studies, and spatial analysis. His research covers a wide range of topics, such as how urban design affects walking, how street greenery and parks promote health.
He presided two General Projects from the National Natural Science Foundation of China and three General Research Funds from the Hong Kong Research Grant Council. He has published more than 100 SCI/SSCI papers. He was selected as one of the top 2% world scientists in the field of urban and regional planning by Stanford University in 2022, 2023. He was also selected as the Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher in the field of social science in 2023. He is the sole recipient of the 2019 Rising Scholar Award of the International China Planning Association (ICAP). He also serves as the deputy director of the Committee of Environmental Behavior, a member of the Hong Kong Barrier-Free Access Advisory Committee (ACBFA), and the editorial board of the Landscape and Urban Planning.