Gang Lu obtained a B.S. degree in Physics from Zhejiang University in China in 1982, and a Ph.D. degree in Space Physics from Rice University in 1991. She has worked at HAO since 1992, where she was a Postdoctoral visitor from 1992-1993, and a research scientist from 1993 to the present.
Dr. Lu has worked actively on the analysis and interpretation of various ground- and space-based observations, including ground magnetometers, coherent and incoherent scatter radars, satellite electric and magnetic fields and particles, and auroral images. She also has extensive experience in numerical modeling, including the Assimilative Mapping of Ionospheric Electrodynamics (AMIE), the Thermosphere-Ionosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIEGCM), and the Thermosphere-Ionosphere-Mesosphere Electrodynamics General Circulation Model (TIMEGCM)
Her primary research interests are in high-latitude ionospheric electrodynamics, solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere thermosphere coupling, and space weather. She has authored and co-authored over 90 refereed scientific papers.
Dr. Lu has an extensive community service record. She served as a member of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Solar and Space Physics, the Geospace Environment Modeling (GEM) Steering Committee, a Scientific Discipline Representative of the Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP), the Aeronomy Secretary for the Space Physics and Aeronomy Section of American Geopgysical Union (AGU), and an associate editor for Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics. She is currently the Scientific Secretary of SCOSTEP.
She has received the following awards: 2001 Editor citation for Excellence in Refereeing for Journal of Geophysics Research - Space Physics, 1988-1989 Zonta Amelia Earhart Award, and 1988 William and Elva Gordon Scholar, Rice University.