Lu Yang is a Senior Research Officer at National Research Council Canada (NRC, Ottawa, Canada). Her research focuses on the development of the most accurate and precise methodologies for the determination, speciation and isotopic analysis of trace elements using ICPMS and MC-ICPMS. The isotopic measurements for mercury, germanium and indium from her lab have been adopted by IUPAC as the best available isotopic composition measurements in the Isotopic Compositions of the Elements 2013 Table and iridium measurements is accepted in the upcoming 2017 Table. She is NRC’s (Canada) representative in the Inorganic Analysis Working Group of CCQM (Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance) of the BIPM (International Bureau of Weights and Measures). She is an Editorial Board member of Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry and Spectroscopy (US). She has published over 115 peer reviewed publications and a book chapter.