2025/04–present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Professor
2021/01–2025/04: Southeast University, Associate Professor
2020/05–2020/12: Purdue University, Postdoctoral Researcher
2017/03–2020/05: Louisiana Tech University, Ph.D.
2013/09–2016/06: Southwest Petroleum University, Master’s Degree
2009/09–2013/06: Southwest Petroleum University, Bachelor’s Degree

2025/04–present: Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering, CAS, Professor
2021/01–2025/04: Southeast University, Associate Professor
2020/05–2020/12: Purdue University, Postdoctoral Researcher
2017/03–2020/05: Louisiana Tech University, Ph.D.
2013/09–2016/06: Southwest Petroleum University, Master’s Degree
2009/09–2013/06: Southwest Petroleum University, Bachelor’s Degree

Stanford Top 2% Scientists Worldwide – Annual Scientific Impact Ranking (53,598 globally) (2025)
Editor’s Choice Award, ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice (2024)
Third Prize, 6th China Special Equipment Inspection Association Science and Technology Award (2024)
Stanford Top 2% Scientists Worldwide – Annual Scientific Impact Ranking (67,983 globally) (2024)
Stanford Top 2% Scientists Worldwide – Annual Scientific Impact Ranking (77,807 globally) (2023)
Stanford Top 2% Scientists Worldwide – Annual Scientific Impact Ranking (162,852 globally) (2022)
Editor’s Choice Award, ASCE Journal of Pipeline Systems Engineering and Practice (2023)
Best Paper Award, Journal of Zhejiang University – SCIENCE A (2022)
Second Prize of Taizhou Science and Technology Innovation Award (2022)
First Prize, “Innovation Jiangsu” Entrepreneurship and Innovation Competition – New Materials Category (2021)
Best Paper Award, Tunnelling and Underground Space Technology (2021)

1.\tLu, H. & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Include climate impacts when protecting infrastructure. Nature, 645, 41.
2.\tLu, H., Song, K., Shan, Y., & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Quantifying greenhouse gas emission risks from natural gas pipeline incidents. Nexus, 2(4), 100097.
3.\tLu, H. & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Artificial Intelligence in Energy Pipelines: Opportunities and Risks. Engineering. (JCR Q1)
4.\tLu, H., Xie, D., & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Methane emissions from the oil and gas supply chain: Characteristics and mitigation. Nexus, 2(3), 100087.
5.\tLu, H., Xi, D., Guo, T.*, & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Environmental impacts of methane emissions from the oil and gas industry. Cell Reports Sustainability.
6.\tLu, H. & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Detecting urban gas pipeline leaks using a vehicle–canine collaboration strategy. Nature Cities, 2, 281-282.
7.\tLu, H., Xi, D., Xiang, Y., Su, Z. & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Vehicle-canine collaboration for urban pipeline methane leak detection. Nature Cities, 2, 336-343.
8.\tMen, J., Lu, H.*, & Cheng, Y. F.* (2025). Continuous Time-dependent System Resilience Evolution Behaviors of Hazardous Energy Systems subjected to Cascading Disaster Chains. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 267(B), 111918. (JCR Q1)
9.\tJiang, X., Lu, H.*, Xia, Z., Shan, Z. W., Xiang, Y., & Cheng, Y. F. (2025). Above-ground natural gas riser leak dispersion and leakage rate prediction based on CFD and BPNN approaches. Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 203(A), 107854. (JCR Q1)
10.\tWang, Q., Lu, H.*, Li, F., & Cheng, Y. F. (2025). Advancing LightGBM with data augmentation for predicting the residual strength of corroded pipelines. npj Materials Degradation, 9, 128. (JCR Q1)