Xu Lu holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the school of Electronic Science and Technology, Xi’an Jiaotong University (2007–2012). He joined Xi’an University of Technology as a Lecturer of Materials Science and Engineering in 2012. From 2016 to 2018, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Materials and Mechanical Engineering, Auburn University, USA. Since 2021, he has been an Associate Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Xi’an University of Technology. His research interests focus on ferroelectric and piezoelectric ceramic materials, energy storage polymer materials, nanocomposites, and novel sensor design, preparation, and detection.