Max Lu

Provost and Senior Vice-President

Institution
University of Queensland, Australia

Country
China

Field
Chemistry

The Chemical Society of Japan gave Lu the Colloid and Surface Chemistry Lectureship Award 2015 for developing advanced materials in the areas of clean energy, the environment and healthcare.

(Photo: University of Surrey)


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