Dr. Andy Shen
Dr. Shen Xitian
Currently a distinguished professor at the School of Jewelry, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Editor-in-Chief of "Journal of Gems and Gemology (Chinese and English)"
Chairman of the International Mineral Association Committee on Gemstone Materials (IMA-CGM)
Adjunct Professor, National Taipei University of Technology
Currently serving as editorial board member of Gems & Gemology, USA
Editorial Board Member, British Journal of Gemmology
Academic Committee Member of Gubelin Scholarship
Consultant to the Gold, Silver and Jewelry Association of the Republic of China and the Gold, Silver and Jewelry Association of Taipei City
Consultant of Guild Laboratory and Teaching Center, USA
Consultant to Fuli Gemstone International Holdings
Van Cleef & Arpels supports L'Ecole School of Jewelry Arts with advisors
His research focuses on various topics in diamond gemology, colored gemology, and jewelry business and culture.
International Honors and Awards:
1992, The GRC Jamieson Award, AIRAPT.
1994, The Mineral and Rock Physics Award, American Geophysical Union.
Learning experience
Bachelor of Science, Department of Geology, National Taiwan University
Predoctoral Research Assistant at Carnegie Geophysical Laboratory
PhD in Mineral Physics, Cornell University, New York, USA
1994-1996 Postdoctoral researcher at the Bavarian Institute for Experimental Geophysics and Geochemistry (Bayerisches Geoinstitut), Germany
1996-2001 Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, UK
2001-2003 California Institute of Technology
Associate Researcher, School of Geological and Planetary Sciences2003-2013 Researcher at the Gemological Institute of America (GIA) Research Department
2013-Present Distinguished Professor, School of Jewelry, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
