Areas of Focus
- Middle atmosphere chemistry and isotope effects
- Martian surface and atmospheric processes; multi-isotope signals in Martian return samples
- Key transitions in Earth's history; ancient atmospheric compositions
- Isotope effects in chemistry/biology/ecology/medical health
Work Experience
- 1998-2001 Postdoctoral Researcher: University of California, San Diego
- 2001-2007 Assistant Professor: Louisiana State University
- 2007-2012 Associate Professor: Louisiana State University
- 2012-2021 Professor; Charles L. Jones Professor: Louisiana State University
- 2021-present Professor: Nanjing University
Academic Background & Achievements
- 1982-1986 Bachelor in Geology: Peking University
- 1986-1989 Master in Geology and Paleontology: Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 1993-1998 PhD in Geochemistry: Princeton University
Publications
- A transient peak in marine sulfate after the 635-Ma Snowball Earth, Peng, YB, Bao, HM, Jiang, GQ, et al., 2022
- Small Triple Oxygen Isotope Variations in Sulfate: Mechanisms and Applications, Cao, XB. & Bao, HM., 2021
- Vapor isotopic evidence for the worsening of winter air quality by anthropogenic combustion-derived water, Meng … Bao, HM., … et al, 2020
- Triple Oxygen Isotopes, Bao, Huiming, 2019
- A kinetic model for isotopologue signatures of methane generated by biotic and abiotic CO2 methanation, Cao*, Xiaobin, Huiming Bao, Yongbo Peng, 2019
- Triple oxygen isotope evidence for limited mid-Proterozoic primary production, Crockford, P, Justin Hayles*, Huiming Bao, Noah J. Planavsky, Andrey Bekker, Philip W. Fralick, Galen P. Halverson, Thi Hao Bui, Yongbo Peng, and Boswell A. Wing, 2018
- Nitrate Deposits of the Atacama Desert: A Marker of Long-Term Hyperaridity, Reich, M., Bao, H, 2018
- Redefining the utility of the three-isotope method, Cao, Xiaobin*, and Bao, Huiming, 2017
- Triple Oxygen Isotopes: Principle and Applications, Bao, Huiming, Cao, Xiaobin*, and Hayles, A. J. *, 2016
- The confines of triple oxygen isotope exponents in elemental and complex mass-dependent processes, Bao, Huiming, Cao, Xiaobin*, and Hayles, A. Justin*, 2015
- Reinstate regional transport of PM2.5 as a major cause of severe haze in Beijing, Li, P., Yan, R., Yu, S., Wang, S., Liu, W., Bao, Huiming, 2015
- Sulfate: A time capsule for Earth's O2, O3, and H2O, Bao, Huiming, 2015
- Dynamic model constraints on oxygen-17 depletion in atmospheric O2 after a snowball Earth, Cao, Xiaobin* and Bao, Huiming, 2013
- Sedimentary Constraints on the Duration of the Marinoan Oxygen-17 Depletion (MOSD) Event, Bryan A. Killingsworth*, Justin A. Hayles*, Chuanming Zhou, and Huiming Bao, 2013
- Massive volcanic SO2 oxidation and sulphate aerosol deposition in Cenozoic North America, Bao, Huiming, Yu, Shaocai, and Tong, Daniel Q., 2010
- Triple oxygen isotope evidence for elevated CO2 levels after a Neoproterozoic glaciation, Bao, Huiming, Jim Lyons, and Chuanming Zhou, 2008
- Comments on Early Archaean microorganisms preferred elemental sulfur, not sulfate, Bao, Huiming, Sun, T., Kohl, I., and Peng, Y.-P., 2008
- Natural perchlorate has a unique oxygen isotope signature, Bao, Huiming and Gu, Baohua, 2004
- Origin of sulfate in Antarctic Dry Valley soils as deduced from anomalous 17O compositions, Bao Huiming, Douglas A. Campbell, James G. Bockheim, Mark H. Thiemens, 2000
- Anomalous 17O compositions in massive sulphate deposits on the Earth, Bao, Huiming et al., 2000
Awards
- 2011 Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- 2014 Selected for the National Major Talent Project A (Short-term)
