professor at China University of Petroleum (Beijing). He graduated from East China Petroleum Institute in 1983

Academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He received his PhD from the Beijing Graduate School of China University of Mining and Technology. Academician

received his bachelor degree from Chengdu University of Technology in 1982, master and PhD degrees from McGill University in 1986 and 1991, respectively. Afterward

Banerjee is Indian. He received his bachelor degree from Burdwan University in 1990, master degree from Allahabad University in 1992, and PhD from Jadavpur University in 1997.Afterward, he served as an Assistant Geologist in Geological Survey of India from 1997-1999. Then he moved to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay in 1999, and worked there as an Assistant Professor and Professor until now.

Benzhong Xian is Chinese. He is a professor at Geology Department of China University of Petroleum

Zhong-Qiang Chen received his PhD from Deakin University, Melbourne in 2001 and worked at The University of Western Australia