Hongbo Shao
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Associate Environmental Geoscientist
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
- Interfacial reactions in biogeochemical systems
- Transformation of environmental contaminants at the interfaces between aqueous solution and sediments
- Application of in-situ techniques for quantitative and qualitative analysis in geochemical systems
- Iron redox cycling and biogeochemistry, particularly Fe(II)-Fe(III) oxides interactions
- Potential impacts of geological CO2 sequestration on groundwater
- CO2 utilization in hydraulic fracturing in gas/oil shale reservoirs
Selected Publications:
- 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, DOI: 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.
- 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.
- 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 fluidsfor enhanced geothermal systems. Geothermics 2015,58, 22–31.
- 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..
- 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. doi: 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.