Liwei Lu is currently a Professor of Immunology at University of Hong Kong.
Professor Lu’s research has focused on studying immune dysregulations in autoimmune diseases. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed papers in leading immunology and rheumatology journals. He has served as Chairman of Hong Kong Society for Immunology and a Councilor, Federation of Immunological Societies of Asia-Oceania. His academic achievements have been recognized with numerous awards including David Rae Memorial Award, Leukemia Research Fund of Canada in 2000, Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Award in 2012, HKU Outstanding Researcher Award in 2013, China Medical Science Award in 2018 and World’s Top 1% Scientists (Clarivate/Web of Science, 2019-2021).