东南大学生命科学研究院教授，博士生导师。2006年被评为江苏省“青蓝工程”中青年学术带头人。2012年被聘为江苏省特聘教授，2013年被聘为东南大学特聘教授。先后获得国家杰出青年基金、国家“973”重大研究项目（子课题负责人）、国家自然科学基金（青年、面上、海外青年合作基金）、教育部博士点基金和回国留学基金、江苏省高校自然科学研究计划重大项目、江苏省自然科学基金青年创新人才学术带头人基金等资助。现担任中国神经科学会理事、中国生理学会青年工作委员会副主任委员、中国细胞生物学会神经细胞生物学分会委员。 目前研究方向为神经突触、环路可塑性及学习记忆。
近期代表性论文：
1、Zhang XY, Ji F, Wang N, Chen LL, Tian T, Lu W.* Glycine induces bidirectional Modifications in N-Methyl-d-aspartate receptor-mediated synaptic responses in hippocampal CA1 neurons. Journal of Biological Chemistry 2014, 289(45):31200-11.
2、Ren SQ., Yan JZ., Zhang XY., Bu YF., Pan WW.,Yao W., Tian T. and Lu W.*, PKCλ Is Critical in AMPA Receptor Phosphorylation and Synaptic Incorporation during LTP. EMBO Journal, 2013, 32:1365-1380 (同期配对本文评述，见EMBO Journal 2013, 32:1348-1349）
3、Yao W., Ji F., Chen Z., Zhang N., Ren SQ., Zhang XY., Liu SY. and Lu W.*, Glycine Exerts Dual Roles in Ischemic Injury Through Distinct Mechanisms. Stroke, 2012, 43(8):2212-2220
4、Ma TF., Zhao XL., Cai L., Zhang N., Ren SQ., Ji F., Tian T. and Lu W.*, Regulation of Spike Timing-Dependent Plasticity of Olfactory Inputs in Mitral Cells in the Rat Olfactory Bulb. PloS ONE, 2012；7(4)：e35001
5、Chen RQ., Wang SH., Yao W., Wang JJ., Ji F., Yan JZ., Ren SQ., Chen Z., Liu SY., and Lu W.*, Role of Glycine Receptors in Glycine-Induced LTD in Hippocampal CA1 Pyramidal Neurons. Neuropsychopharmacology, 2011, 36(9):1948–1958
6、Yan JZ., Xu Z., Ren SQ., Hu B., Yao W., Wang SH., Liu SY., and Lu W.*, Protein Kinase C Promotes NMDA Receptor Trafficking by Indirectly Triggering CaMKII Autophosphorylation. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011, 286(28):25187-25200
7、Zhou L, Li F, Xu HB, Luo CX, Wu HY, Zhu MM, Lu W, Ji X, Zhou QG, Zhu DY.*, Treatment of cerebral ischemia by disrupting ischemia-induced interaction of nNOS with PSD-95. Nature Medicine, 2010, 16(12):1439-1443
8、Peng Y., Zhao J., Chen RQ., Xu Z., Gu QH., Liu SY., Chen Z., and Lu W.*, Distinct trafficking and expression mechanisms underlie LTP and LTD of NMDA receptor-mediated synaptic responses. Hippocampus, 2010, 20(5):646-658
9、Xu Z., Chen RQ., Gu QH., Yan JZ., Wang SH., and Lu W.*, Metaplastic regulation of LTP/LTD threshold by activity-dependent changes of NR2A/NR2B ratio. Journal of Neuroscience, 2009, 29(27):8764-8773 （获2009年度“张香桐神经科学研究生论文奖优秀奖”）
10、Lu W. and Constantine-Paton M. Eye-opening rapidly induces potentiation and refinement in visual neurons. Neuron. 2004, 43:237-249（该文评论与报道见 Nature Neuroscience 2005, 8:9-10）