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Contact Information

Liping(Sophia) Gao

College of Global Talent

Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, 519088

sophiagao1031@gmail.com

http://sites.google.com/view/sophiagao1031/(Personal Website)

 

Education

  Dissertation Title: Three Essays of Applied Economics on Household Consumption (Adviser: Hyeongwoo Kim)

         Project Title: Survival Analysis and A Monte Carlo Study for Variable Selection

 

Work Experience and Appointments

 

Professional Experience

Principal Investigator,  Teaching Award and Development Fund, Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai,  2021-2023

Research collaborator, China Data Institute, Future Data Lab, & Harvard University, 2020-Present

Collaborator, National Science Foundation Program--Ecosystem and Society of Outer and Inner Mongolia, 2019, USA.

Collaborator, National Science Foundation Program--Dynamics of Coupled Natural and Human Systems (NSF-CNH program #1523628), 2015-2020, USA.

Guest Lecturer, Remote Sensing, Department of Biological Sciences, Fall, UTEP, 2015.

Researcher, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso （San Diego State University ）9/2014-8/2015

Principal Investigator, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, 8/2013-8/2014

Teaching Assistant, AU School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL, 1/2013-5/2013

Graduate Research Assistant, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn, AL, 8/2009-5/2014

Guest Lecturer, Macroeconomics and Money, Banking & Financial Markets, Fall, AU, 2012

 

Teaching Experience:

Time Series and Financial Application; Time Series and Modelling; International Trade and Economics, Applied Econometrics, Regression Analysis, Financial Economics, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Macroeconomics, Probability and Statistics, Introduction to Business Statistics, Business Calculus, Intermediate Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomics, Money, Banking & Financial Markets, Remote Sensing, etc..

 

Publications (Refereed Journals)

1)      Liu, Jianzhao; Gao, Liping; Yuan, Fenghui; Guo, Yuedong; Xu, Xiaofeng. Climate Change Made Major Contributions to Soil Water Storage Decline in the Southwestern US during 2003–2014. (Water 2019, 11, 1947. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11091947)

2)      Gao, Liping, Tao, Bo, Miao, Yunxuan, Lihua Zhang, Xia Song, Wei Ren, Liyuan He, and Xiaofeng Xu. (2019). A global data set for economic losses of extreme hydrological events during 1960‐2014. (Water Resources Research, 55. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025135)

3)       Gao, Liping, and Kim, Hyeongwoo (2018). On the Effect of the Great Recession on US Household Expenditures for Entertainment. (Leisure/Loisir, doi:10.1080/14927713.2018.1535278 )

4)      Gao, Liping, Kinnucan, Henry W., Zhang, Yaoqi, Qiao, Guanghua. 2016. The Effects of a Subsidy for Grassland Protection on Livestock Numbers, Grazing Intensity, and Herders' Income in Inner Mongolia. (Land Use Policy, 54, 302–312)

5)      Gao, Liping, Hyeongwoo Kim. 2016. Testing the Predictability of Consumption Growth: Evidence from China. (Journal of Economic Development, 41(3): 21-30)

6)      Gao, Liping. 2016. Restoring Inner Mongolia’s grasslands – a policy assessment study. (Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia Policy Brief, PR17, 1-4)

7)      Gao, Liping. 2016. Economic Analysis of Grassland Protection. (Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia Publication, RR16, 1-32)

8)      Gao, Liping, Kim, Hyeongwoo, Saba, R. 2014. How Do Oil Price Shocks Affect Consumer Prices? (Energy Economics, 45, 313- 323)

9)      Gao, Liping, Li, Lutang. 2008. Rural Human Resources Optimization and Disposition in International Labor Services Exporting Area. (in Chinese with English Abstract) (Journal of Yang Zhou University 5: 79-82)

Publications: (Book Chapter and Proceedings)

1) Xu, Yecheng, Zhang, Yaoqi, Gao, Liping, Qiao, Guanghua, Chen, Jiquan. 2015. To Fence or Not to Fence? Perceptions and Attitudes of Herders in Inner Mongolia. Proceedings of the Trans-disciplinary Research Conference: Building Resilience of Mongolian Rangelands, Ulaanbaatar Mongolia, June 9-10, 169-175.

2) Gao, Liping, Yaoqi, Zhang, Guanghua, Qiao, and Jiquan, Chen. 2013. Grassland Degradation and Restoration in Inner Mongolia from 1950s to 2000s: Population, Policies, and Profits. In Chen et al., Pages 405-423. Dryland East Asia (DEA): Land Dynamics amid Social and Climate Change. Higher Education Publication (HEP) and De Gruyter.


Current Research Work

1)    Gao, L., KIM, H. , Chen, J. et al. 2023. Economy, economic growth, society, and environment for sustainable development. (finished draft and in progress)

2)  Gao, L., Kim, H., et al. 2023. Econometric analysis of housing price from 1994 throughout 2022. (finished draft and in progress) 


Award and Fellowship

• 2014-2016 Membership in American Economic Association

• 2015 Membership in Toastmaster International

• 2013-2014 Invited by Golden Key International Honor Society, HonorSociety, The Gamma Beta Phi Society, Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society

• 2013-2014 20,000 USD, Awards for Doctoral Fieldwork, Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia (EEPSEA)

• 2009-2014 Tuition Scholarship, Auburn University

• 2009-2014 Research Assistantship, Auburn University, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences

• 2008 Honor of Foreign Language, Northwest A&F University

• 2008 Outstanding Graduate, Northwest A&F University, College of Economic and Management

• 2006-2007 Outstanding Graduate Cadre, Northwest A&F University, Graduate School

• 2001-2004 The Third Grade Scholarship, Shandong Univ. of Technology, Business School

 

Professional Service Activities

• Member, Editorial Team, Journal of Business & Management, 2016-Present.

• Member, Editorial Council, Eastern European Business and Economics Journal, 2015-Present.

• Invited reviewer for journals:

Energy Economics, 2016-Present.

Eastern European Business and Economics Journal, 2015-Present.

China Agricultural Economics Review, 2014-Present.

Ecological Process, 2017-Present

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Research Presented and Posted in Conferences

1) Gao, L., Tao, B., Miao, Yunxuan, Lihua Zhang, Xia Song, Wei Ren, Liyuan He, and Xiaofeng Xu. 2017. Global Patterns of Extreme Precipitation Events and Associated Economic Losses from 1960s to 2010s. Presented at the first conference of Sino-US Research Center Conference on Sustainability. (The First Prize Winner)

2) Gao, L., Kinnucan, Henry W., Zhang, Yaoqi, Qiao, Guanghua. 2014. The Impact of China’s Priority Grassland Programs on Rural Households’ Behavior: Household Survey in Inner Mongolia. Phuket, Thailand on 11-14 May 2014. Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia of WorldFish (EEPSEA-WorldFish)

3) Gao, L., Kim, H., Zhang, Y. 2014. On the Effect of the Great Recession on US Household Expenditures for Entertainment. Presented at “Graduate Scholars Forum” March 4-5, 2014: Auburn University, Alabama, USA.

4) Gao, L., Kim, H., Zhang, Y. 2012. Ecotourism for Ecosystem Restoration: Evidence from Inner Mongolia, China. Presented at “34th Annual Southeastern Recreation Research Conference”, February 26-28, Auburn, Alabama, USA.

5) Gao, L., Zhang, Y. 2012. Ecotourism for Ecosystem Restoration: Evidence from Inner Mongolia, China. Presented at “Research Week” April 2-4, 2012: Auburn University, Alabama, USA.

6) Gao, L., Zhang, Y. 2012. Ecotourism for ecosystem restoration: A new approach to economic development in Inner Mongolia, China. Poster at the American Geophysical Union (AGU).

7) Gao, L., Zhang, Y., Chen, J., Qiao, G. 2011. Coexisting Dryland Ecosystem and Humans: A Socio-Economic Approach. Training at conference “A Synthesis Workshop on Dryland Ecosystems in East Asia: State, Changes, and Future” sponsored by NASA, NSFC and Henan University, July 18-20, Kaifeng, China.