Amy Lu

Amy Lu, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at Merck since August 2023, bringing valuable expertise from a prior role as Research Scientist II at the University of Washington from September 2017 to August 2023, where notable contributions included project initiation on ZIKV replication kinetics and the molecular chaperone HSP90. Amy Lu also served as a Graduate Research Assistant in the University of Washington's Gale lab, authoring research manuscripts and presenting findings at conferences. Earlier experience includes an Undergraduate Student Researcher position at Washington University School of Medicine, focusing on chemokine-binding proteins, and a Summer Research Internship at National Yang Ming University, where research was conducted on thymocyte development. Educational credentials include a PhD in Pathobiology from the University of Washington and a BA in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Washington University in St. Louis.