Dr. Bo Xu is a professor, doctoral supervisor, and the vice dean at the School of Gemology, China University of Geosciences Beijing, in Beijing, China. He was selected into the China Association for Science and Technology Young Talent Support Project in 2018 and received the National Natural Science Foundation Excellent Youth Fund in 2022. He received his doctorate from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) and Macquarie University, Australia, and obtained his doctorate degree at home and abroad. He has been engaged in deep processes and mineralization in collision zones, mineral micro-area analysis, and gemology research for a long time. Dr. Xu has published papers as the first/corresponding author in journals such as Science Advances, Communications Earth & Environment, Geology, Earth-Science Reviews, American Mineralogist, SEG Special Publications, etc. His research areas include deep processes and mineralization, mineral micro-area analysis technology, and gem mineral genesis research. His research mainly focus on the evolution of the deep Earth lithosphere and the formation mechanism of collision zone deposits, and the development of in situ analysis methods and their application in mineralogy and gemology.