Assistant Research Professor
(Land-Use Change; Climate Change; Terrestrial Ecosystems)
Associate Director, Connecticut Institute of Water Resources.
Department of Natural Resources & the Environment
Office: University of Connecticut U-4087, 1376 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06269-4087 (Room: Young #108) Phone: 860-486-4610
Email: bo.tao@uconn.edu
Education
Ph.D. | Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China | Physical Geography |
M.S. | Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China | Land Use Planning |
B.S. | Northeast Agricultural University, Harbin, China | Land Use Planning |
Professional Experience
2022 - Present | Department of Natural Resources & the Environment, University of Connecticut | Research Assistant Professor |
2022 - Present | Connecticut Institute of Water Resources | Associate Director |
2015 - 2022 | Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Kentucky | Research Scientist |
2009-2015 | International Center of Climate and Global Change Research, Auburn University | Research Associate and Postdoc fellow |
2008-2009 | USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, Sioux Falls, SD | Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow |
Courses Taught
Introduction to Water Resources | NRE 2215 | UConn, Winter section |
Research Interests
My research interests focus on soil biogeochemical cycling and water resources responding to land use and climate changes; land-use reconstruction by incorporating remote sensing data and inventories; remote-sensing and process-based ecosystem model development and application; and multi-data analysis on ecological consequences of global environmental changes.
Publications
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=I2FlDtkAAAAJ&hl=en