Dr Tao Gao
Email
t.gao@essex.ac.ukTelephone
+44 (0) 1206 874028
Location
3A.526, Colchester Campus
Biography
Tao Gao obtained a bachelor's degree in Mathematics from University Paris VI, France. He completed an MSc degree in Applied Mathematics from Imperial College London with a dissertation concerned with random matrix theory in mathematical physics, and an MSc in Mathematical Modelling from University College London with a dissertation concerned with flow separation in fluid mechanics. In 2016, he was awarded a PhD in Mathematics from University College London for his work on free-surface waves in fluid mechanics. Prior to joining the University of Essex as a lecturer in late 2022, he worked consecutively at Imperial College London, the University of Bath and the University of Greenwich as a postdoc. Tao Gao has expertise in free boundary problems, nonlinear waves, numerical and applied mathematics, uncertainty quantification and optimisation.
Qualifications
PhD Mathematics University College London, (2016)
MSc Mathematical Modelling University College London, (2011)
MSc Applied Mathematics Imperial College London, (2010)
Licence (bachelor) Mathematics Université Paris VI, (2009)
Appointments
University of Essex
Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences, School Of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Essex (1/5/2023 - present)
Fixed-term Lecturer in Statistical Data Science, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex (28/11/2022 - 30/4/2023)
Sessional Lecturer in mathematics and statistics, Kaplan International Pathways, University of Essex International College (1/7/2019 - 30/8/2019)
Other academic
Research Fellow, Schoool of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich (5/11/2019 - 4/11/2022)
Research Associate, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath (2/10/2017 - 31/5/2019)
LMS Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London (1/10/2016 - 31/3/2017)
