Helen Lu

From training undergraduates to become proficient in lab techniques and procedures to co-authoring papers on biomedical engineering, Professor Lu is a consummate mentor to her students. Her research focuses on Orthopaedic Interface Tissue Engineering and the formation of complex tissue systems, with the goal of achieving integrative and functional repair of soft tissue injuries.  Additionally, her research group is active in the design of novel biomaterials for orthopedic and dental applications.  Her group has published extensively in biomaterials and tissue engineering, cell-material interactions as well as smart material design.