EDUCATION

• 09/2004 -- 07/2009 Ph. D. Geological Engineering
  Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)
• 09/2000 -- 07/2004 B.S. Geoscience and Geological Exploration Engineering
  Hebei Geo University, CHINA

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 11/2018-11/2019, Visiting Scholar, The University of British Columbia
• 01/2013 –Current, Associate Professor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
• 01/2010 -- 12/2012, Post-Doctor, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
• 07/2009 -- 12/2009, Research Assistant, Hydro-China Kunming Engineering Corporation

• Rock mechanics and hazard control
• Reservoir Geomechanics
• Hydraulic fracturing mechanism and environmental effects
• Multiscale and multiphysics processes in geomechanics

• 2017, Innovation Research Award, Youth Innovation Promotion Association of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• 2016, Research on "Disaster prediction and control of rock mass movement and deformation caused by underground mining" was awarded the Second Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress by Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, China.
• 2015，Research on "Monitoring and control of rock mass movement and deformation caused by cut-and-fill mining" was awarded the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress by State Administration of Work Safety, China.
• 2013，Research on "Dynamic monitoring and water inrush mechanism caused by seabed mining" was awarded the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress by Shandong Provincial Government, China.
• 2012，Second Class Postdoctoral Award, Chinese Postdoctoral Science Foundation.
• 2010，Research on "Ground subsidence and disaster prediction a shallow gold mine, Jiaojia, China" was awarded the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievement by Chinese Gold Association.
• 2009，Graduate Research Excellence Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
• 2009，Research on "Technical innovation and application of mining-induced ground movement caused by underground mining a sulfide deposit" was awarded the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Progress by Metallurgical Non-ferrous Industry, Gansu, China.
• 2008，Research on "Mechanism of water-inrush caused by seabed mining" was awarded the First Prize of Scientific and Technological Achievement by Chinese Gold Association.

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

1. 2019.1-2022.12, Mechanism of spalling failure caused by underground mining in deep mines with high geostress，National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41877274.
2. 2017.1-2020.12, Multiscale and Multiphysics modeling in Geomechanics. Youth innovation promotion association of Chinese academy of sciences, No. 2017097
3. 2014.1-2017.12, Mechanism of fault reactivation induced by large-scale fracturing stimulation of shale gas reservoirs. National Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41372325.
4. 2012-2013, Study of the slope stabilization induced by fluvial incision. China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Funded Project, No. 2012M510542.
5. 2011.1-2013.12, Preliminary quantitative study of fault reactivation induced by engineering excavation. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), No. 41002107.

CO-INVESTIGATOR

1. 2018.1-2021.12, Mechanism of shaft deformation and failure caused by underground mining metal mines. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) No. 41772341.
2. 2014.1-2018.12, Environmental effects of large-scale hydraulic fracturing in shale gas exploration. Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. XDB10030600.
3. 2014.1-2017.12, Mechanism of rock mass movement and backfill deformation caused by underground mining a steeply inclined mine. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) No. 41372323.
4. 2012.1-2015.12, Mechanism of water-inrush caused by seabed mining a metal mine, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) No. 41172271.
5. 2011.1-2014.12, Generalized critical displacement criterion and prediction method for slope instability, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) No.41030750.
6. 2010.1-2012.12, Influence mechanism of underground mining on the deformation and failure of tunnels and vertical shafts, National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) No. 40972197.

Fist author's paper

1. Haijun Zhao, Dwayne D. Tannant, Fengshan Ma, Jie Guo and Xuelei Feng. Investigation of Hydraulic Fracturing Behavior in Heterogeneous Laminated Rock Using a Micromechanics-Based Numerical Approach. Energies 2019, 12, 3500. (SCI)
2. Haijun Zhao, Dwayne Tannant, Jie Guo, Xuelei Feng, Fengshan Ma. Numerical study on fracture propagation and interaction using continuous-discontinuous failure method[J]. Journal of Engineering Geology, 2019, 27(5): 933-945.
3. Zhiwen Wang, Haijun Zhao*, Fengshan Ma, Gang Liu, Jie Guo. Numerical study on tension-shear failure mechanism of heterogeneous coplanar intermittent jointed rock mass [J], Journal of Engineering Geology, 2019, 27(5): 989-999.
4. Haijun Zhao, Fengshan Ma, Gang Liu, Xuelei Feng & Jie Guo. Analytical investigation of hydraulic fracture-induced seismicity and fault activation[J]. Environmental Earth Sciences 2018, 77: 526. (SCI&EI)
5. Haijun Zhao, et al., Numerical study of hydraulic fracturing in heterogeneous rocks under different hydraulic loading conditions, Journal of Engineering Geology, 2017, 25(5): 1328-1335. (in Chinese)
6. Haijun Zhao, et al., Influence factors of the permeability variation of fracture network caused by fracking in tight reservoir, Journal of Guilin University of Technology, 2017, 37(3): 531-535. (in Chinese)
7. Haijun Zhao, et al., Influence of different scales of structural planes on propagation mechanism of hydraulic fracturing. Journal of Engineering Geology, 2016, 24(5): 992-1007. (in Chinese)
8. Haijun Zhao, et al., Experimental investigations of fault reactivation induced by slope excavations in China, Bulletin of Engineering Geology Environment, 2014, 73: 891-901.
9. Haijun Zhao, et al., Preliminary quantitative study of fault reactivation induced by open-pit mining, International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 2013, 59: 120-127.
10. Haijun Zhao, et al., Monitoring and mechanisms of ground deformation and ground fissures induced by cut-and-fill mining in the Jinchuan Mine 2, China, Environmental Earth Science, 2013, 68: 1903-1911.
11. Haijun Zhao, et al., Monitoring and Analysis of the Mining-Induced Ground Movement in the Longshou Mine, China, Rock Mechanical and Rock Engineering, 2013, 46(1): 207-211.
12. Haijun Zhao, et al., Study of the hydrogeological characteristics and permeability of the Xinli Seabed Gold Mine in Laizhou Bay, Jiaodong Peninsula, China, Environmental Earth Science, 2012, 65: 2003-2014.
13. Haijun Zhao, et al., In situ stress field inversion and its application in mining-induced rock mass movement, International Journal of Rock Mechanics & Mining Sciences, 2012, 53: 120-128.
14. Haijun Zhao, et al., Regularity and formation mechanism of large-scale abrupt karst collapse in southern China in the first half of 2010, Natural Hazards，2012，60: 1037-1054.