Ying Lu Ph. D. (Lucy)

Ying (Lucy) Lu, Ph. D., currently serves as the Lab Manager at Soka University of America since November 2017 and has been a Group Fitness Instructor at Total Woman Gym + Spa since April 2017. With a background in fitness, Ying (Lucy) Lu also worked as a Group X Instructor at 24 Hour Fitness from January 2018 to June 2020 and was an EnCorps Fellow with the EnCorps STEM Teachers Program from March 2017 to March 2018. Prior experience includes a role as Senior QC Chemist at 4Excelsior Inc from March 2017 to September 2017, a Research Specialist at UC Irvine from October 2004 to January 2016, and an Associate Researcher at the University of Southern California from 2002 to 2004. Ying (Lucy) Lu earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Southern California from 1994 to 2001 and a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry from East China University of Science and Technology from 1986 to 1990.