Lu Lu
Career Track Fellow
Contact details
- Tel: +44(0)131 650 5445
- Email: lu.lu@ed.ac.uk
- Web: University of Edinburgh Research Explorer Profile
- Web: Google Scholar
Address
- Street
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies
Easter Bush - City
- Midlothian
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Qualifications
PhD in Evolutionary Biology, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh (UoE), UK
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Areas of interest for supervision
Undergraduate Students Projects
Emily Richards (SRC project)
Postgraduate MSc Projects
Yaying Tan (MSc Public Health Dissertation)
Current PhD students supervised
Lead-supervisor
Megan Saathoff
Ying Zeng
Co-supervisor
Hou Wei Chook
Haoyu Chang
Research summary
My research employs bioinformatic and phylogenetic methods to study virus evolution and epidemiology in various infectious disease systems under the One Health framework.
Current research interests
Combines phylogenetic, statistical, and machine learning approaches to assess how climate, landscape, and human behavior shape the evolution and spread of zoonotic pathogens, with a primary focus on influenza viruses and arboviruses.Current project grants
2020-2025: EU Horizon 2020 ‘VEO: Versatile Emerging Infectious Disease Observatory’ £312k (874735, Co-I)
2021-2025: BBSRC Evolution and Ecology of Infectious Diseases ‘Predictive phylogenetics for evolutionary and transmission dynamics of newly emerging avian influenza viruses’ £1.3M (Co-I)
2025-2028 MRC One Health ‘Investigating the Multi-scale Dynamics and Drivers of Antimicrobial Resistance in One Health Systems of China and the UK’ £1.4M (Co-I)
2025-2028 MRC One Health ‘Mechanistic and Pathway Analysis of Animal Influenza Virus cross-species transmission by constructing genotype and phenotype networks’ £600K ( Co-I, WP lead)