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Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, 2003, Cornell University

M.S. Environmental Chemistry, 2000, Nanjing University

B.S. Chemistry, 1997, Nanjing University

Assistant Professor, 2007-present, University of Florida

Research Associate, 2005-2007, Cornell University

Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2003-2005, Yale University

“Biochar Land Application: An Immediate Solution to Global Warming”, IFAS Innovation Grant, $50K, 2008-2009, PI

"Colloid Retention in Unsaturated Porous Media due to Capillary Forces”, NSF, ~$190K, 2007-2009, Co-PI (PI: Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell)

“Using Fluorescent & Electron Microscopy for Colloid Transport Studies”,  IFAS-ICBR Innovative Project, University of Florida, $3.5K, 2008, PI

International Travel Grant Awards, UF/IFAS, ~1K, 2007, PI.

“Water Transport in Hydrophobic Biological Channels: Applications to PEM Fuel Cells”, NYSTAR grant, New York State Science, $27K, 2006 – 2007, Co-PI (PI: Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell)

“Promoting Collaborations between CU and Chinese Academy of Sciences to Improve Water Resource Management in China”, Cornell Jeffrey Sean Lehman Fund, ~$2K, 2007, Co-PI (PI: Tammo Steenhuis, Cornell)

Manuscript Reviewer for: "Clean - Soil, Air, Water", “Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical & Engineering Aspects”,  "Environmental Geology", "Environmental Modeling and Assessment",  “Environmental Science & Technology”, “Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation”, “Journal of Contaminant Hydrology”, “Journal of Hydrology”, “The Science of the Total Environment”, “Vadose Zone Journal”, “Water Resources Research”

Panelist, Review Panel for: National Science Foundation (NSF), Feb. 2008

Convener and Session Chair: AGU Fall Meeting, Dec. 2004; AGU Joint Assembly, May. 2008

ABE 6933: Environmental Nanotechnology in Water Research, University of Florida, 2008

Guest lecturer, BEE 471/672: Introduction to Groundwater Hydrology/Drainage, Cornell, 2006

Guest lecturer, BEE 371: Physical Hydrology for Ecosystems, Cornell, 2006

Mentor in Research Experience for Undergraduate Students (REU) program, NSF, Cornell, 2002

Morales, V.L., B. Gao, T.S. Steenhuis. 2009. Grain Surface-Roughness Effects on Colloidal Retention in the Vadose Zone. Vadose Zone Journal 8:11-20, doi: 10.2136/vzj2007.0171.

Gao, B. , T.S. Steenhuis, Y. Zevi, V.L. Morales, J.L. Nieber, B.K. Richards, J.F. McCarthy, J.-Y Parlange. 2008. Capillary Retention of Colloids in Unsaturated Porous Media. Water Resources Research W04504, doi:10.1029/2006WR005332.

Smith, J., B. Gao, H. Funabashi, T.N. Tran, D. Luo, B. A. Ahner, T.S. Steenhuis, A.G. Hay, M.T. Walter. 2008. Pore-Scale Quantification of Colloid Transport in Saturated Porous Media. Environ. Sci. & Technol. 42 (2), 517–523, doi:10.1021/es070736x.

Walter, M.T., B. Gao, J-Y Parlange. 2007. Modeling Soil Solute Release into Runoff with Infiltration. Journal of Hydrology, 347, 430– 437, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2007.09.033

Walker J., M.T. Walter, J. –Y. Parlange, C.W. Rose, T. Meerveld, B. Gao, A.M. Cohen. 2007. Reduced Raindrop-Impact Driven Soil Erosion by Infiltration. Journal of Hydrology, 342: 331-335

Gao, B., J.E. Saiers, J.N. Ryan. 2006. Pore-Scale Mechanisms of Colloid Deposition and Mobilization during Steady and Transient Flow through Unsaturated Granular Media. Water Resources Research. 42, W01410, doi: 10.1029/2005WR004233