EDUCATION

PhD     2019-Now      Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland at College Park. Advisor: Shunlin Liang

             2017-2019      Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Beijing Normal University (Master program). Advisor: Shunlin Liang                                  

BS       2013-2017      Faculty of Geographical Sciences, Beijing Normal University

PUBLICATIONS (Peer-reviewed)

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1. X. Gao, S. Liang, D. Wang, Y. Li, B. He, A. Jia. (2022). Exploration of a novel geoengineering solution: lighting up tropical forests at night, Earth System Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-13-219-2022
2. X. Gao, S. Liang, J. Sauer. (2020). Greening hiatus in Eurasian boreal forests since 1997 caused by a wetting and cooling summer climate, Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JG005662
3. X. Gao, S. Liang, B. He. (2019). Detected global agricultural greening from satellite data, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107652
4. X. Gao, W. Dong, Y. Tong, D. Cui. (2016). Study on the influence of field cognitive style, gender and spatial terminology on geographical spatial orientation ability: based on experiments in virtual space. Journal of Geo-information Science, 18(11):1513-1521. DOI:10.3724/SP.J.1047.2016.01513
5. D. Wang, S. Liang, Y. Zhang, X. Gao, M. Brown, A. Jia. (2020). A New Set of MODIS Land Products (MCD18): Downward Shortwave Radiation and Photosynthetically Active Radiation. Remote Sensing, 12, 168. doi:10.3390/rs12010168

HONORS AND AWARDS

U.S.

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, UMD, 2022

Graduate School Summer Research Fellowship, UMD, 2021

Geographical Science Summer Research Fellowship, UMD, 2020

Graduate School Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Award, UMD, 2019

College of Behavioral and Social Sciences Dean's Fellowship, UMD, 2019

First Place & the Team Leader, Global Business Plan Competition, Intel Corporation, CA, USA, 2016

China

National

            Champion, “The best debater at final”, National Geography Debating Competition, 2017

            Baogang Outstanding Student Scholarship, 2016

            Three times awarded National Scholarship, 2016, 2015 and 2014

            Bronze Medal, National Business Plan Competition, 2016

Provincial

            Beijing Outstanding Graduate Award, 2017

            First Prize twice, Beijing Summer Social Practice Competition, 2016

            Gold Medal, Beijing Business Plan Competition, 2016

University

            Four times awarded Academic First Prize Scholarship, 2018, 2016, 2015 and 2014

            “Top Ten Undergraduates” (The highest-level honor granted by BNU to its students), 2017

            BNU Outstanding Graduate Award, 2017

            Zhou Tingru Scholarship, 2017

            Outstanding Research Program, 2016

            Three times awarded Merit Student Prize, 2016, 2015 and 2014

            Undergraduate Research Founding, 2015

SERVICE

Vice President of Geography Graduate Student Organization, UMD, 2021-2022

Departmental representative in Graduate Student Government, UMD, 2020-now

Student representative on Graduate Council, UMD, 2020-2021

Student representative in Graduate Committee, Department of Geographical Sciences, UMD, 2019-2021

International volunteer, PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games, South Korea, 2018

President of the badminton club in Faculty of Geographical Science, BNU, 2017-2018

Chair of the Student Academic Counselling Committee, Faculty of Geographical Science, BNU, 2015-2016

Vice president of Student Council, Faculty of Geographical Science, BNU, 2014-2015

HOBBY

Playing badminton and tennis!