2011年6月获南京农业大学食品质量与安全学士学位，2020年6月获南京农业大学食品科学与工程博士学位，博士期间在加拿大农业与农业食品部圭尔夫研究中心访学两年。2020年9月至今，就职于南京中医药大学药学院。

从事食品生物技术的研究工作，利用食品微生物对食品中的真菌毒素进行生物降解。主持江苏省自然科学基金青年项目1项，发表SCI论文9篇。

科研成果：

1. Zhong, L., Carere, J., Lu, Z., Lu, F. and Zhou, T. Formation of glutathione patulin conjugates associated with yeast fermentation contributes to patulin reduction. Food Control, 2020, 107334.

2. Zhong, L., Carere, J., Lu, Z., Lu, F. and Zhou, T. Patulin in Apples and Apple-Based Food products: the burdens and the mitigation strategies. Toxins, 2018, 10(11), 475.

3. Zhai, Y., Zhong, L., Gao, H., Lu, Z., Bie, X., Zhao, H., Zhang, C., Lu, F. Detoxification of deoxynivalenol by a mixed culture of soil bacteria with 3-epi-DON as the main intermediate metabolite. Frontiers in Microbiology, 2019, 10: 2172.

4. Lu, X., Chen, J., Jiao, L., Zhong, L., Lu, Z., Zhang, C., Lu, F. Improvement of the activity of l-asparaginase I improvement of the catalytic activity of l-asparaginase I from Bacillus megaterium H-1 by in vitro directed evolution. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 2019, 128(6), 683-689

5. Zhai, Y., Hu, S., Zhong, L., Lu, Z., Bie, X., Zhao, H., Zhang, C., Lu, F. Characterization of deoxynivalenol detoxification by Lactobacillus paracasei LHZ-1 isolated from yogurt. Journal of Food Protection, 2019, 82(8), 1292-1299.

6. Lyu, Y., Zhong, L., Liu, Y., Lu, J., LaPointe, G., Lu, F. and Lu, Z. Protective effects of Lactococcus lactis expressing alcohol dehydrogenase and acetaldehyde dehydrogenase on acute alcoholic liver injury in mice. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology, 2018, 93(5), 1502-1510.

7. Lyu, Y., LaPointe, G., Zhong, L., Lu, J., Zhang, C. and Lu, Z. Heterologous Expression of aldehyde dehydrogenase in Lactococcus lactis for acetaldehyde detoxification at low pH. Applied Biochemistry & Biotechnology, 2018, 184(2), 570-581.

8. Zhao, J., Cao, L., Zhang, C., Zhong, L., Lu, J. and Lu, Z. Differential proteomics analysis of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens and its genome-shuffled mutant for improving surfactin production. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2014, 15(11), 19847-19869.

9. Cao, G., Zhang, C., Zhong, L. and Lu, Z. A modified electro-transformation method for Bacillus subtilis and its application in the production of antimicrobial lipopeptides. Biotechnology Letters, 2011, 33(5), 1047-1051.

主持科研项目：

江苏省自然科学基金青年项目（BK20210697，2021.07−2024.7）