Ph.D. Taijin Lu – SPEAKERS

Dr. Lu Taijin is chief researcher of National Gems & Jewelry Technology Administrative Center (National Gemstone Testing Center, NGTC). After graduating from China University of Geosciences (Wuhan) in 1982, he received a doctorate in mineralogy from Tohoku University in Japan in 1989. Prior to joining NGTC in 2009, he had 20 years experience in gem research and identification, mineralogy, as well as materials science, with RIKEN, Japan, National University of Singapore, and Gemological Institute of America (GIA). He is author of more than 200 gemological and other scientific articles, and an internationally known gemologist.