Kunshan Gao    PhD (Kyoto University, 1989)
Minjiang Chair Professor
 ksgao@xmu.edu.cn 
Brief CV
Ph.D, Kyoto University, Japan (1989)
Research scientist, Kansai Environmental Engineering Center, Kansai Electric Power Co., Japan,1989.4-1992.8
Postdoctoral fellow, Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, University of Hawaii at Manoa,1992.8-1994.12
Associate professor, Shantou University,1995.1-1996.12
Professor for One-hundred talented program of CAS at Institute of Hydrobiology, 1997.1-2000.6
Director and Professor of Marine Biology Institute, Shantou University, 2000.6-2007.12
Minjiang Scholar Professorship of Xiamen University,2007-
Research Interests
physiological ecology and photobiology of cyanobacteria, micro- and macro-algae, with special reference to the interactive effects of CO2 and solar UV radiation on aquatic primary producers
Selected Publications
Ye C, Gao K and Giordano M. 2008. The odd behaviour of carbonic anhydrase in the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc flagelliforme during hydration dehydration cycles. Environmetnal Microbiology. 10:1018-1023. (IF:4.63)
Gao K, Wu Y, Li G, Wu H, Villafae V and Helbling E. 2007. Solar UV-radiation drives CO2-fixation in marine phytoplankton: A double-edged sword. Plant Physiology. 144:54-59. (IF:6.114)
Gao K, Li G, Helbling E and Villafae V. 2007. Variability of UVR effects on photosynthesis of summer phytoplankton assemblages from a tropical coastal area of the South China Sea. Photochemistry and Photobiology. 83:802-809. (IF:2.147)
Wu H, Gao K, Villafae V, Watanabe T and Helbling E. 2005. Effect of solar UV radiation on morphology and photosynthesis of filamentous cyanobacterium Arthrospira platensis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71:5004-5013. (IF:3.818)
Chen X and Gao K. 2004. Photosynthetic utilisation of inorganic carbon and its regulation in the marine diatom Skeletonema costatum. Functional Plant Biology. 31:1027-1033. (IF:2.496)
Gao K, Aruga Y, Asada K, Ishihara T, Akano T and Kiyohara M. 1993. Calcification in the articulated coralline alga Carollina pilulifera, with special reference to the effect of elevated CO2 concentration. Marine Biology. 117:129 132. (IF:1.754)