Professor We Lu’s research interest includes high-density memory based on two-terminal resistive devices (RRAM), memristors and memristive systems, neuromorphic circuits, aggressively scaled nanowire transistors, and other emerging electrical devices. He received his B.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (2003) in physics from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, and Rice University, Houston, TX respectively. From 2003 to 2005, he was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. He joined the faculty of the University of Michigan in 2005 and is currently a Professor and Director of the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility.
He is an IEEE Fellow, Associate Editor for Nanoscale, a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2009, EECS Outstanding Achievement Award in 2012, 2014-15 Rexford E. Hall Innovation Excellence Award, and the 2016-2017 David E. Liddle Research Excellent Award. To date he has published over 100 journal papers that have received over 22,000 citations with an h-factor of 65 ( Google Scholar ). Prof. Lu is currently advising 11 Ph.D. students and 3 Postdocs. He is also co-founder of Crossbar Inc, a Silicon Valley semiconductor company developing next generation non-volatile memories.