Lu,Guolan

Assistant Professor of Urology

Academic Appointments

Assistant Professor, Urology
Member, Bio-X
Member, Maternal & Child Health Research Institute (MCHRI)
Member, Stanford Cancer Institute
Member, Wu Tsai Neurosciences Institute

Honors & Awards

NIH K99/R00 Pathway to Independence Award, NCI (2022-2027)
Young Investigator Award, The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) (2023)
Stanford Translational Medicine (TRAM) Scholar, Stanford (2022)
Stanford Molecular Imaging Scholar (SMIS Fellow), Stanford (2018-2021)
Student Travel Award, World Molecular Imaging Congress (WMIC) (2017)
Outstanding Translational Research Award, Department of Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University (2016)
Rising Stars in Biomedical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge (2016)

Professional Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Georgia Institute of Technology and Emory University, Biomedical Engineering
Master of Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Current Research and Scholarly Interests

The Lu Lab develops and integrates AI, spatial multi-omics, and advanced imaging to understand and model how cells, tissues, and therapeutic agents interact in their native spatial context, and how these interactions drive disease progression and treatment response.

Current Research Areas:
• Joint spatial transcriptomics and spatial proteomics for mapping 2D and 3D tissue architecture in clinical samples
• Deep learning and generative AI models for spatial and spatiotemporal omics analysis
• Single-cell drug–target–microenvironment mapping in human tumors
• Mechanisms of cancer progression, immune evasion, and therapeutic resistance

2025-26 Courses

Independent Studies
- Directed Investigation
  BIOE 392 (Aut, Win, Spr)
- Graduate Research
  IMMUNOL 399 (Win, Spr)
- Graduate Research
  UROL 399 (Aut)
- Undergraduate Research
  UROL 199 (Aut, Spr)

Stanford Advisees

Doctoral Dissertation Reader (AC)
Frida Bjoerklund
Postdoctoral Faculty Sponsor
Changlin Li
Doctoral Dissertation Advisor (AC)
Marvin Li

Graduate and Fellowship Programs

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