Room 409, James Lee Science Building, The University of Hong Kong
Teaching areas
Global Tectonics and Earth Dynamics
Petrology
Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
Earth Resources
Research Interest
Precambrian geology
Metamorphic geology
Supercontinents in Earth’s history
Publications
Zhao, G.C., Cawood, P.A. Precambrian Geology of China. Precambrian Research 222-223, 13-54.[2012] DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.017
Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Wilde, S.A., Li, S.Z. Late Archean to Paleoproterozoic evolution of the North China Craton: key issues revisited. Precambrian Research, 136 177-202. [2005] DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2004.10.002
Zhao, G.C., Sun, M., Wilde, S.A., Li, S.Z. A Paleo-Mesoproterozoic supercontinent: Assembly, growth and breakup. Earth-Science Reviews 67, 91-123. [2004] DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2004.02.003
Zhao, G.C., Cawood, P.A., Wilde, S.A., Sun, M., A review of the global 2.1–1.8 Ga orogens: implications for a pre-Rodinian supercontinent. Earth-Science Reviews 59, 125-162. [2002] DOI: 10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00073-9
Zhao, G.C., Wilde, S.A., Cawood, P.A., Sun M., Archean blocks and their boundaries in the North China Craton: lithological, geochemical, structural and P-T path constraints and tectonic evolution. Precambrian Research 107, 45–73. [2001] DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(00)00154-6
Awards and Honors
TWAS Prize in Earth, Astronomy and Space Sciences (2018)
Thousand Talents Plan - Innovative Talents Recruitment Program (Short Term) (2017)
Cheung Kong （Changjiang) Chair Professorship (2017)
29th Khwarizmi International Award (First Class) (2016)
Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Hong Kong (2016)
