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Biography
Dr Lei Gao is a nationally and internationally recognised researcher with a unique suit of capabilities, including complex systems modelling, which has been successfully applied to addressing a wide range of challenging environmental issues and to informing decision-making on the sustainable management of land and water resources. He has been a thought leader, working across Land & Water Programs, Business Units, and external partners (e.g., Oxford Uni., IIASA, and Chinese Academy of Sciences). He has pioneered new methods and tools in large-scale sustainability modelling and assessment, in artificial intelligence/machine learning (AIML)-based water and landscape predictions, and in adaptive management of water resources under climate extremes.
Dr Gao has a very strong technical background and has worked in industry, university, and CSIRO in a broad range of fields over the past 20 years: e.g., water resources management (groundwater, surface water, and mine water), land systems, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainability assessment, AIML, BECCS, global poverty, fisheries management, urban systems, and complex network systems. He has published over 170 papers, including two papers in Nature. His work has been featured in over 30 news media, including China Daily (China’s largest English language newspaper), ABC Rural, Australian Resources & Investment, the Conversation, Future Earth, PhysOrg, and ECOS.
His research interests and expertise have been developed in the following areas:
(1) complex systems modelling, simulation, and impact assessment
(2) sustainability assessment and trade-off analysis
(3) adaptive management and robust decision-making under uncertainty
(4) sensitivity analysis, uncertainty analysis, and risk assessment
(5) agent-based modelling, multi-objective optimisation, and machine learning
(6) integrated systems modelling and socio-economic analysis
(7) applications of the above expertise in managing complex environmental systems, especially land and water systems
Current Roles
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Project Leader
Risk assessment and adaptation strategies for agricultural production in typical basins of China and Australia under future climate change — CAS-CSIRO Joint Project -
Project Leader
Identifying Australia’s water banking locations using artificial intelligence — CSIRO Strategic Project -
CSIRO Delegation Leader
Next-generation multi-scale technologies for soil carbon sequestration — Australia-China Science & Research Fund Joint Research Centres Project
Achievements and Awards
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2024-2024
2023 Cell Press China Paper of the Year Award (Sustainability Category)
Cell Press -
2024-2024
MVIPIT 2024 Best Paper Award
MVIPIT -
2024-2024
CSIRO Recognition Reward for Praiseworthy Contribution to CSIRO
CSIRO -
2022-2022
CSIRO Recognition Reward for Research Excellence (ACARP, GA, and Interchange Projects)
CSIRO -
2019-2019
AIFT 2019 Best Paper Award
AIFT -
2017-2022
Julius Career Award — the awards are designed to enhance the careers of "exceptional early to mid-career scientists"
CSIRO -
2021-2021
CSIRO Recognition Reward for Research Excellence (ACARP Project)
CSIRO -
2018-2018
CSIRO Chairman’s Medal for Science Excellence
CSIRO -
2018-2018
Impactful Publication Award
CSIRO Land and Water -
2017-2017
The second Prize of ‘Social Science Outstanding Achievement’, Shandong Province, China
Social Science Outstanding Achievement Award Selection Committee, Shandong Province -
2017-2017
Publons Peer Review Award — Top reviewers for CSIRO
Publons -
2015-2015
Director Award (Impact Delivery Award)
CSIRO Agriculture -
2015-2015
Early Career Research Excellence Prize
Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand -
2001-2001
The First Prize of the 17th Annual International Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Top 5% of 496 participated teams representing 238 institutions from 11 countries)
Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications -
2001-2001
The Second Prize in National Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Shanghai
Chinese University Mathematical Contest in Modeling -
2000-2000
The Second Prize in National Mathematical Contest in Modeling, China + The First Prize in National Mathematical Contest in Modeling, Shanghai
Chinese University Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Publications
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