Zhong Lu received B.S. and M.S. degrees from Peking University, Beijing, China, in 1989 and 1992, and a Ph.D. from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska in 1996. He was a Professor and endowed Shuler-Foscue chair at Southern Methodist University from 2013 to 2024. And He is a Professor at China University of Mining and Technology.