Hongbo Shao
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Associate Research Scientist
Geochemistry
383 Natural Resources Building
615 E Peabody Ave
Champaign, IL 61820
217-300-3157
Education:
Ph.D., Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
M.S., Environmental Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
B.S., Environmental Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, China
Research Interests:
- Groundwater quality
- Geological CO2 sequestration
- Interfacial reactions in biogeochemical systems
- Fate and transport of environmental contaminants
- Environmental impacts of coal ash
- Application of in-situ techniques in surface-water and groundwater monitoring
Selected Publications:
- Zhao, L.; Shao, H.; Li, Z.; Panno, S.V.; Kelly W.R.; Lin, T.-Y.; Liu, W.-T.; Flynn, T.M.; Berger, P. Impact of salinity origin on microbial communities in saline springs within the Illinois Basin, USA. Environmental Microbiology 2022, 1–16. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.16241.
- Li, S.; Feng, Q.; Liu, J.; He, Y.; Shi, L.: Boyanov, M.I.; O’Loughlin, E.J.; Kemner, K.M.; Sanford, R.A.; Shao, H.; He, X.; Sheng, A.; Cheng, H.; Shen, C.; Tu, W.; Dong, Y. Carbonate Minerals and Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Organisms Trigger Synergistic Abiotic and Biotic Chain Reactions under Elevated CO2 Concentration. Environmental Science & Technology , 2022, 56 (22), 16428-16440. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.2c03843)
- Dong, Y.; Sanford, R. A.; Connor, L.; Chee-Sanford, J.; Wimmer, B. T.; Iranmanesh, A.; Shi, L.; Krapac, I. G.; Locke, R. A.; Shao, H., Differential structure and functional gene response to geochemistry associated with the suspended and attached shallow aquifer microbiomes from the Illinois Basin, IL. Water Research 2021, 202, 117431. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2021.117431)
- Shao, H.; Freiburg, J.T.; Berger, P.M.; Taylor, A.H.; Cohen, H.F.; Locke, R.A. Mobilization of trace metals from caprock and formation rocks at the Illinois Basin – Decatur Project demonstration site under geological carbon dioxide sequestration conditions. Chemical Geology 2020, 550, 119758. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119758)
- Shao, H., Ussiri, D.A.N., Patterson, C.G., Locke, R.A., Wang, H., Taylor, A.H., Cohen, H.F., Soil gas monitoring at the Illinois Basin – Decatur Project carbon sequestration site. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 2019, 86, 112-124. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2019.04.012)
- Locke, R.A.; Greenberg, S.E.; Jagucki, P.; Krapac, I.G.; Shao, H.; Regulatory Uncertainty and its Effects on Monitoring Activities of a Major Demonstration Project: The Illinois Basin – Decatur Project Case, Energy Procedia, 2017, 114, 5570-5579. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1697).
- Bacon, D.; Locke, R.; Keating, E.; Carroll, S.; Iranmanesh, A.; Mansoor, K.; Wimmer, B.; Zheng, L.; Shao, H.; Greenberg, S. Application of the Aquifer Impact Model to Support Decisions at a CO2 Sequestration Site. Green House Gases: Sci. Technol. 2017, 0:1–15. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2016.07.001)
- Bryce, D. A.; Shao, H.; Cantrell, K. J.; Thompson, C. J. Determination of organic partitioning coefficients in water-supercritical CO2 systems by simultaneous in situ UV and near-infrared spectroscopies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2016, 50, 5766-5773. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.6b00641)
- Lawter, A. R.; Qafoku, N. P.; Wang, G.; Shao, H.; Brown, C. F. Evaluating impacts of CO2 intrusion into an unconsolidated aquifer: I. experimental data." Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control 2016, 44, 323-333. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.07.009)
- Zheng, L.; Qafoku, N. P.; Lawter, A. R.; Wang, G.; Shao, H.; Brown, C. F. "Evaluating Impacts of CO2 Intrusion into an Unconsolidated Aquifer: II. Modeling Results." Int. J. Greenhouse Gas Control 2016, 44, 300-309. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.07.001)
- Shao, H.; Kabilan,S.; Stephens, S.; Suresh, N.; Beck, A,N.; Varga, T.; Martin, P.F.; Kuprat, A., Jung, H.-B.; Um, W.; Bonneville, A.; Heldebrant, D.J.; Carroll, K.C.; Moore, J.; Fernandez, C.A. Environmentally friendly, rheoreversible, hydraulic-fracturing fluids for enhanced geothermal systems. Geothermics 2015, 58, 22–31. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2015.07.010)
- Shao, H.; Qafoku, N.P.; Lawter, A. R.; Bowden, M. E.; Brown, C. F. Coupled geochemical impacts of leaking CO2 and contaminants from subsurface storage reservoirs on groundwater quality. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49 (13), 8202–8209. (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b01004)
- Lawter, A.R.; Qafoku, N.P.; Shao, H.; Bacon, D.H., Brown, C.F. Evaluating Impacts of CO2 and CH4 Gas Intrusion into an Unconsolidated Aquifer: Fate of As and Cd. Front. Environ. Sci. 2015, 3:49. (https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2015.00049).
- Shao, H.; Kukkadapu, R.K.; Krogstad, E.J.; Newburn, M.K.; Cantrell, K.J. Mobilization of metals from Eau Claire siltstone and the impact of oxygen under geological carbon dioxide sequestration conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 2014, 141, 62-82. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2014.06.011)
- Shao, H.; Thompson, C. J.; Cantrell, K. J. Evaluation of experimentally measured and model-calculated pH for rock-brine-CO2 systems under geologic CO2 sequestration conditions. Chemical Geology, 2013, 359, 116-124. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2013.09.021)
- Shao, H.; Thompson, C. J.; Qafoku, O.; Cantrell, K. J. In situ spectrophotometric determination of pH under CO2 geologic sequestration conditions: method development and application. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47(1), 63-70. (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/es3016793)
- Karamalidis, A. K..; Torres, S. C.; Hakala, J. A.; Shao, H.; Cantrell, K.J.; Carroll, S. Trace metal source terms in carbon sequestration environments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47(1), 322-329.Link to this paper
- Garcia, D. J.; Shao, H.; Hu, Y.; Ray, R. J.; Jun, Y.-S. Supercritical CO2-brine induced dissolution, swelling and secondary mineral formation on phlogopite surface at 75-95 C and 75 atm. Energy & Environmental Science. 2012, 5(2), 5758-5767. Link to this paper
- Shao, H.; Ray, J. R.; Jun, Y.-S. Effects of organic and inorganic ligands on supercritical CO2-induced phlogopite dissolution and secondary mineral formation. Chemical Geology. 2011, 290 (3-4), 121-132. Link to this paper
- Shao, H.; Ray, J. R.; Jun, Y.-S. Effects of salinity and extent of water on supercritical CO2-induced phlogopite dissolution and Secondary Mineral Formation. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2011, 45, (4), 1737-1743. Link to this paper
- Shao, H.; Wu, B.; Wang, Z.; Hu, Y.; Tang, Y.; Jun, Y.-S. Viability and metal reduction of Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 under CO2 stress: implications for ecological effects of CO2 leakage from geologic CO2 sequestration. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, (23), 9213-9218. (Shao and Wu contributed equally to this work.) Link to this paper
- Shao, H.; Ray, J. R.; Jun, Y.-S. Dissolution and precipitation of clay minerals under geologic CO2 sequestration conditions: CO2-brine-phlogopite interactions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44, (15), 5999-6005. Link to this paper
- Shao, H.; Butler, E. C. The influence of soil minerals on the rates and products of abiotic transformation of carbon tetrachloride in anaerobic soils and sediments. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2009, 43, (6), 1896-1901. Link to this paper
- Shao, H.; Butler, E. C. The relative importance of abiotic and biotic transformation of carbon tetrachloride in anaerobic soils and sediments. Soil Sed. Contam. 2009, 18, 455-469. Link to this paper
- Shao, H., Butler, E. C., The influence of iron and sulfur mineral fractions on carbon tetrachloride transformation in model anaerobic soils and sediments. Chemosphere 2007, 68, 1807-1813. Link to this paper
- Hanoch, R. J.; Shao, H., Butler, E. C. Transformation of carbon tetrachloride by bisulfide treated goethite, hematite, magnetite, and kaolinite. Chemosphere 2006, 63, 323-334. Link to this paper