2020年毕业于南京农业大学，获农业信息学博士学位。曾获国家留学基金委西部项目资助，到美国犹他州立大学遥感与地理信息系统实验室访学1年。

长期从事计算机、遥感教学和科研工作，教学上主讲《数据库原理与应用》、《遥感原理与遥感图像处理》等多门本科课程，主编教材4部，参编4部。科研上围绕3S技术在农林生长监测开展研究，主要专注于无人机遥感在农林作物理化参数反演研究。构建了基于无人机RGB影像小麦地上部生物量低成本、高效监测方法；提出了基于无人机多视角影像改进氮素营养指标估算的多角度观测方法。主持国家自然科学地区基金2项、云南省陈勇专家工作站1项、云南省科技厅基金1项，发表学术论文40余篇。4位毕业研究生中有3位到211大学攻读博士学位。

科研项目

1. 云南省科技厅，云南省陈勇专家工作站（202505AF350005），2025.06-2028.05，主持人，项目在研。

2. 国家自然科学基金项目，基于无人机多光谱多角度观测的魔芋地上生物量估测（32360435)，2024.01-2027.12，主持人，项目在研。

3. 国家自然科学基金项目，融合无人机与多源卫星遥感影像的橡胶林生物量估测研究（32160368），2022.01-2025.12，主持人，项目结题。

发表论文

1. Yang, Z., Hu, K., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2025b). Plant recognition and counting of Amorphophallus konjac based on UAV RGB imagery and deep learning. Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, 235, 110352. 

2. Yang, Z., Hu, K., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2025a). Enhanced recognition and counting of high-coverage Amorphophallus konjac by integrating UAV RGB imagery and deep learning. Scientific Reports, 15, 6501. 

3. Yang, Z., Qi, H., Hu, K., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2025c). Estimation of Amorphophallus Konjac Above-Ground Biomass by Integrating Spectral and Texture Information from Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Based RGB Images. Drones, 9, 220. 

4. Tan, H., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, L., Wang, H., & Lu, N. (2025). Enhancing Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Rubber Plantations Using UAV Multispectral Data for Satellite Upscaling. Remote Sensing, 17, 2955

5. Tan, H., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, L., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2025). Improved Estimation of Aboveground Biomass in Rubber Plantations Using Deep Learning on UAV Multispectral Imagery. Drones, 9, 32. 

6. Fu, Y., Tan, H., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2024). Estimation of Rubber Plantation Biomass Based on Variable Optimization from Sentinel-2 Remote Sensing Imagery. Forests, 15, 900. 

7. Liang, Y., Sun, Y., Kou, W., Xu, W., Wang, J., Wang, Q., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2023). Rubber Tree Recognition Based on UAV RGB Multi-Angle Imagery and Deep Learning. Drones, 7, 547.

8. Liang, Y., Kou, W., Lai, H., Wang, J., Wang, Q., Xu, W., Wang, H., & Lu, N*. (2022). Improved estimation of aboveground biomass in rubber plantations by fusing spectral and textural information from UAV-based RGB imagery. Ecological Indicators, 142, 109286

9. Ning Lu; Yapeng Wu; Hengbiao Zheng; Xia Yao; Yan Zhu; Weixing Cao; Tao Cheng ; An assessment of multi-view spectral information from UAV-based color-infrared images for improved estimation of nitrogen nutrition status in winter wheat, Precision Agriculture, 2022, 23(5): 1653-1674. 

10. Ning Lu; Jie Zhou; Zixu Han; Dong Li; Qiang Cao; Xia Yao; Yongchao Tian; Yan Zhu; Weixing Cao; Tao Cheng ; Improved estimation of aboveground biomass in wheat from RGB imagery and point cloud data acquired with a low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle system, Plant Methods, 2019, 15(17): 17.

11. Ning Lu; Wenhui Wang; Qiaofeng Zhang; Dong Li; Xia Yao; Yongchao Tian; Yan Zhu; Weixing Cao; Fred Baret; Shouyang Liu; Tao Cheng ; Estimation of Nitrogen Nutrition Status in Winter Wheat From Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Based Multi-Angular Multispectral Imagery, Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019, 10: 1601-1616.