Zhong-Lin Lu (1967-) was born in Shashi, Hubei, China. He obtained his BS in theoretical physics from the University of Science and Technology of China in 1989 and PhD in physics from New York University in 1992. After four years of post-doctoral training in Cognitive Science at University of California, Irvine, he joined the Department of Psychology at University of Southern California (1996 to 2011), the Ohio State University (2011-2019), and NYU Shanghai and NYU (2019-). Lu has published two books and more than 300 research articles.