Dr. Lu Qi is a postdoctoral fellow at Tsinghua University's Future Laboratory and the group leader for olfactory interaction.

He earned a Ph.D. and M.S. in Design (Interdisciplinary of Information, Art and Design) and a B.E. (Electrical Engineering) from Tsinghua University, respectively. He began his research on olfactory interaction and olfactory computing during his doctoral studies (advised by Prof. Yingqing Xu) and was the first Ph.D. student in China to systematically work on olfactory human-computer interaction and interface.

He led the development of the "OBean" line of electronic noses and ambient devices in the field of olfactory input hardware. The prototype development of the OBean I, OBean II, and OBean Mini enoses is now complete, and they are being tested in real-world scenarios. He has a few research publications in CADCG, TEI, and DIS, including a paper that received the honorable mention award in DIS2020. He has filed more than ten patent applications (three granted), and several major conferences and exhibitions have featured the relevant prototypes and works. His research project "Generalized Olfactory Computing and its Interface Design" was funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.