Dr. Michael S. Krzemnicki
Geology and Earth Science
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Canada
Biography
Dr. Michael S. Krzemnicki, director of the Swiss Gemmological Institute SSEF since 2009, started his gemmological career at SSEF after completion of his PhD thesis in mineralogy in 1996. Apart from working at the SSEF -one of the world's leading gemmological laboratories-, he is lecturing as Assistant Professor at the Earth Sciences Department of the University Basel (Switzerland) and is supervising gemmology-related research projects in collaboration with Swiss universities and international research laboratories. As an internationally renowned expert he is a regular speaker at gemmological conferences worldwide and has published numerous articles in all major journals on gems, pearls, and new analytical testing methods.
Research Interest
Geology and Earth Science
