Guangtao Zhao

Biography

II. Education and Profession 1. Education obtained lUniversity of China, Marine Geology, B.Sc., Qingdao, China, July, 1985 lUniversity of China, Marine Geology, M.Sc., Qingdao, China, July, 1988 lUniversity of China, Marine Geology, Ph.D., Qingdao, China, July, 1997 2. Professional positions lAssociate Professor, Ocean University of China (Dec., 1993-Nov., 1998) lProfessor, Ocean University of China (Dec., 1998-present) lPh. D. Supervisor, Ocean University of China (Jan., 2002-present) lVice Dean, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean Uinversity of China (Oct., 2001-July, 2011) lVice Director, Key Lab of Submarine Science and Exploration Techinques, MOE, China (Sep., 2005-present) 3. Memberships and responsibilities of academic societies lEditorial board member, Geological Journal of China Universities (Chinese) lEditorial board member, Journal of Ocean University of China (Chinese) 4. Honors and awards lFirst investigator of First-order Award of Science and Technology, MOE, China (2005) lFirst investigator of First-order Award of Natural Sciences, Shandong (2006) lOutstanding Teacher, Shandong Province (2006) lOutstanding Scholarship of Qingdao, China (2007-2011) lOutstanding Scholarship of Middle-Youngest Scientists, Shandong Province (2008) 5. Key projects lProgram of NSFC, Magmatism Research of Early Expansion Process in Back-arcBasin (49903003, 2000.01-2002.12), Chief Scientist l863 Program of Ministry of Science and Techonology, “Key Techniques of GTV for 6000m Deep-sea Sampling”(2001AA612030, 2001.01-2003.12), Chief Scientist l863 Program of Ministry of Science and Techonology, “Key Techniques of Laser Laman Spectral for Deep-sea Detecting”(2006AA09Z243, 2006.01-2009.12), Chief Scientist l863 Program of Ministry of Science and Techonology, “Key Techniques of in stiu environmental monitoring system for Deep-sea Benthic boundary layer (2009AA09Z201, 2009.10-2012.12), Chief Scientist lProgram of GMGS, China, In-situ investigating of Submarine Benthic boundary layer of The Northest Sourth China Sea (2012-2013), Chief Scientist 6. National invention patents l[National Invention Patent]. Transmission Method of Color Image in the Cable, Inventors: Guangtao Zhao, Xin Li, Authorized No.: Zl200310105493.7 l[National Invention Patent]. Underwater Sampling Apparatus and Method, Inventors: Guangtao Zhao, Authorized No.: Zl200410000759.6

Research Interest

Magmatism and its tectonic implacations of Back-arc basin in the Western Pacific lThe research employ the state of the art benthic observatory (Benvir) and related in situ technologies to quatify local gas seepage and methane flux intemporal and spatial scale for a long term, and to analyze the discharge of methane from seabed related to the complex physical control factors in coldseep area of South China Sea. It is aimed to investigate the machanism of their variation on sub-seabed, seabed and benthic ecosystems. This study can contribute to our understanding of the exact relationship of fluid and gas seepage to climate change, geochemistry and migration structure. lMarine Geology, Marine Geochemistry, Submarine monitoring and sampling techniques.