Jiemin Lu received his Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in 2008 and his M.S. degree from Peking University in 2003. He is currently a research associate at the Bureau of Economic Geology, the University of Texas at Austin. His general research interests include petrography and geochemistry. His research areas include CO2-rock-water  interactions, CO2 fluid flow, reservoir and seal evaluation, and risk assessment for CCS.