Xiaoyu Luo

Xiaoyu Luo (Chinese: 罗小玉,[1] 1960[2] – 5 February 2025[3]) was a Chinese and British applied mathematician who studied biomechanics, fluid dynamics, and the interactions of fluid flows with soft biological tissues. She was a professor of applied mathematics at the University of Glasgow.[4]

Education and career

Luo was born in the UK[2] but grew up in Xi'an in a family of artists.[5] After earning bachelor's and master's degrees in theoretical mechanics at Xi'an Jiaotong University, in 1982 and 1985 respectively, she became a lecturer at Xi'an Jiaotong University. There, she studied for a Ph.D. from 1987 until 1990,[5][6] with a visit to the UK through a joint doctoral program with the University of Sheffield. When she earned her Ph.D. at Xi'an Jiaotong University in 1990, she became the first woman to do so.[5] She moved to the UK in 1992 to become a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Leeds. She worked as a lecturer in engineering at Queen Mary and Westfield College from 1997 to 2000, and in mechanical engineering at the University of Sheffield from 2000 to 2004, before becoming a senior lecturer in mathematics at the University of Glasgow in 2005. She was promoted to professor in 2008,[5][6] the first female professor of applied mathematics at Glasgow.[2] In 2014 she was named a chair professor at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an.[2] She has also been a visitor to the International Center for Applied Mechanics at Xi'an Jiaotong University.[1]

Death

Luo died on 5 February 2025 at Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, aged 64.[3]

Recognition

Luo became a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 2004[5] and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2014.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ a b "People", International Center for Applied Mechanics, Xi'an Jiaotong University, retrieved 2020-09-25
  2. ^ a b c d Professor Luo Xiaoyu from University of Glasgow was employed as "Chair Professor"of NPU, Northwestern Polytechnical University, 21 December 2014, retrieved 2020-09-25
  3. ^ a b Funeral notice for Professor Xiaoyu Luo, Dignity Funerals, retrieved 2025-07-14
  4. ^ a b Professor Xiaoyu Luo FRSE, Royal Society of Edinburgh, retrieved 2020-09-23
  5. ^ a b c d e f Curriculum vitae, University of Glasgow, retrieved 2020-09-23
  6. ^ a b "Xiaoyu Luo", ORCID, retrieved 2020-09-25
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