Prof. Hailong Lu is a Professor at the School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. He obtained his B.S. from Peking University, China in 1985, his M.S. from the Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China in 1988, a second M.S. from the University of the Ryukyus, Japan in 1993, and his Ph.D., from the University of Tokyo, Japan in 1998. Following the completion of his Ph.D., he worked as a Research Geochemist at Japan National Oil Corporation (now Japan Oil, Gas, and Metals National Corporation) in 1998–2002, as an NSERC Visiting Fellow Geological Survey of Canada in 2002–2005, and as a Research Officer at the National Research Council Canada in 2005–2013. He joined Peking University as a Professor in 2014. His research interests include gas hydrate, marine geochemistry, marine oil/gas resources, and marine sedimentation.