LU Yilong received the Bachelor Degree of Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology in January 1982, the Master Degree of Engineering from Tsinghua University in November 1984, and the PhD degree from University College London (UCL) in November 1991.

    After receiving his PhD degree, he joined Nanyang Technological University (NTU), where he is currently a full Professor in the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. From November 1984 to September 1988, he was with University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. From October 1998 to June 1999, he was a Visiting Scientist at University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA).

    His research interests include radar, antennas, array signal processing, microwave techniques, computational electromagnetics, and evolutionary computation for optimization of complex problems. Dr Lu has authored/co-authored more than 330 journal and conference papers in his research areas. He is a receipient of 2012 IEEE AP-S S.A. Schelkunoff Prize Paper Award and Excellent Paper Awards from Radar 2011, Radar 2006, and IEEE MAPE 2013.

    Dr Lu is a Fellow of IEEE, the International Director (Singapore) and a member of Nominations & Appointments Committee for IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, an Editorial Board member for the research journal IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, the Chairman for IEEE Singapore MTT/AP Joint Chapter, and a Management Board member for the MINDEF-NTU Protective Technology Research Centre. In the past few years, he also served as the General Chair for 2009 Asia Pacific Microwave Conference and Technical Program Chair for 2015 Asia Pacific Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar.