Timothy Lu

Timothy Lu is an Associate Professor of Biological Engineering and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. He is also affiliated with the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. Dr. Lu received his undergraduate and M.Eng. degrees from MIT in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. He then obtained an M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a Ph.D. from the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Medical Engineering and Medical Physics Program. His work in the Synthetic Biology Group focuses on the utilization of engineered biological circuits and cellular sensors to tackle infectious diseases and amyloid-associated conditions, and make advancements in diagnostics, therapeutics, and biotechnology. Lu has been awarded many prizes, including the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, Grand Prize in the National Inventor Hall of Fame’s Collegiate Inventors Competition, and the Leon Redneck Memorial Prize. He was also listed as one of TR35 Top 35 Innovators Under 35 (MIT Technology Review), as a Kavli Fellow by the National Academy of Sciences, and a Siebel Scholar.