Bu Zhao

Dr. Bu Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental and Sustainable Engineering at University at Albany. Before joining University at Albany, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Michigan. He has been serving as the Managing Editor of the journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling and the Review Editor of the journal Frontiers in Environmental Science.

Research Interests

• Data-driven Environmental System Analysis
• Environmental Big Data
• Industrial Ecology
• Sustainable Engineering

Selected Journal Publications

• Zhao, B., Richardson, R. E., & You, F. (2024). Microplastics monitoring in freshwater systems: A review of global efforts, knowledge gaps, and research priorities. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 135329.
• Zhao, B., Yu, Z., Wang, H., Shuai, C., Qu, S., & Xu, M. (2024). Data Science Applications in Circular Economy: Trends, Status, and Future. Environmental Science & Technology, 58(15), 6457-6474.
• Zhao, B., Nguyen, V. K., Xu, M., Colacino, J. A., & Jolliet, O. (2024). Random survival forest for predicting the combined effects of multiple physiological risk factors on all-cause mortality. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 15566.
• Shuai, C., Liao, C., Qu, S., Chen, X., Zhao, B., Zou, J. P., & Xu, M. (2024). Scaling of development indicators in countries and its origin. iScience.
• Guo, R., Zhang, Q., Yu, X., Qi, Y., Zhao, B*. A deep spatio-temporal learning network for continuous citywide air quality forecast based on dense monitoring data. Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023, 414, 137568.
• Zhao, B., Shuai, C., Qu, S., Xu, M*. Use Deep Learning to Fill Data Gaps in Environmental Footprint Accounting. Environmental Science & Technology, 2022, 56(16), 11897-11906
• Chen, X., Zhao, B., Shuai, C*., Qu, S.,  Xu, M. Global spread of water scarcity risk through trade. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2022, 187, 106643
• Shuai, C., Zhao, B., Chen, X., Liu, J., Zheng, C., Qu, S., Zou, J., Xu, M. Quantifying the Impacts of COVID-19 on Sustainable Development Goals Using Machine Learning Models. Fundamental Research, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fmre.2022.06.016
• Zhao, B., Shuai, C., Hou, P., Qu, S., Xu, M*. Estimate Unit Process Data for Life Cycle Assessment Using a Decision Tree-Based Approach. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(12), 8439-8446
• Zhao, B., Yu, L., Wang C., Shuai, C., Zhu, J., Qu, S., Xu, M*. Urban Air Pollution Mapping Using Fleet Vehicles as Mobile Monitors and Machine Learning. Environmental Science & Technology, 2021, 55(8), 5579-5588
• Shuai, C., Yu, L., Chen, X., Zhao, B., Qu, S., Zhu, J., Liu, J., Miller, S., Xu, M*. Principal indicators to monitor Sustainable Development Goals. Environmental Research Letters, 2021,16(12), 124015
• Hou, P., Zhao, B., Jolliet, O., Zhu J., Wang, P., Xu, M*. Rapid Prediction of Chemical Ecotoxicity Through Genetic Algorithm Optimized Neural Network Models. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2020, 8 (32), 12168-12176