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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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!
Areas of Interest
- Earth and environmental sciences
- Surface and atmospheric dynamics
- Climate and climate change
- Interactions between humans and earth systems
