2013: PhD, Quaternary Geology, Lanzhou University 

2008: Bachler, Geography Information System, Lanzhou University  

Remote Sensing; 
Geography Information Sciences; 
Glacier change 

07/2018- present	Associate Professor, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University, China

04/2014-06/2018	Lecturer, Key laboratory of west China’s Environmental System (Ministry of Education), College of Earth and Environment Sciences, Lanzhou University, China

Python Programming GIS spatial analysis 

1. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), An  effective method research of estimating the glacier thickness on the sub-continental glacier, for example on the Lenglongling, Qilian Mountains. (No. 41701057)，01/2018 - 12/2020
2. The Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program (STEP, No. 2019QZKK0205), 01/2019 - 12/2023

1.	Guan, W., Cao, B.,* Pan, B.,* et al. Updated Surge-Type Glacier Inventory in the West Kunlun Mountains, Tibetan Plateau, and Implications for Glacier Change. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2022, 127, e2021JF006369
2.     Sun, X., Cao, B.,* Pan, B.,* et al. Identification of Hazardous Glacial Lakes in the Yarlung Zangbo River Basin Based on Lakes Changes Determined Using Google Earth Engine. Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022, 10
3.     Li, K., Cao, B.,* Guan, W., et al. Reconstructed annual glacier surface mass balance in the Ányêmaqên Mountains, Yellow River source, based on snow line altitude. Journal of Mountain Science, 2022.
4.	Cao, B., Guan, W.,* Li, K., et al. High-Resolution Monitoring of Glacier Mass Balance and Dynamics with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on the Ningchan No. 1 Glacier in the Qilian Mountains, China. Remote Sensing, 2021, 13, 2735
5.	Cao, B., Guan, W., Li, K., et al. Area and Mass Changes of Glaciers in the West Kunlun Mountains Based on the Analysis of Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Images and DEMs from 1970 to 2018. Remote Sensing, 2020, 12, 2632.
6.	Cao, B., Pan, B.,* Guan, W., et al. Changes in glacier volume on Mt. Gongga, southeastern Tibetan Plateau, based on the analysis of multi-temporal DEMs from 1966 to 2015. Journal of Glaciology, 2019, 65(251): 366-375.
7.	Cao, B., Pan, B.,* Wen, Z., et al. Changes in glacier mass in the Lenglongling Mountains from 1972 to 2016 based on remote sensing data and modeling. Journal of Hydrology, 2019, 578: 124010.
8.	Cao, B., Pan, B.,* Guan, W., et al. Changes in ice volume of the Ningchan No.1 Glacier, China, from 1972 to 2014, as derived from in situ measurements, Journal of Glaciology, 2017, 63, 1025-1033.
9.	Cao, B., Pan, B.,* Cai, M., et al. An investigation on changes in glacier mass balance and hypsometry for a small mountainous glacier in the northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Mountain Science, 2017, 14, 1624-1632.
10.	Zhang, G., Pan, B.,* Cao, B.,* et al. Elevation changes measured during 1966–2010 on the monsoonal temperate glaciers' ablation region, Gongga Mountains, China, Quaternary International, 2015, 371, 49-57.
11.	Cao, B., Pan, B.,* Wang, J., et al. Changes in the glacier extent and surface elevation along the Ningchan and Shuiguan river source, eastern Qilian Mountains, China, Quaternary Research, 2014, 81, 531-537.
12.	Pan, B., Cao, B.,* Wang, J., et al. Glacier variations in response to climate change from 1972 to 2007 in the western Lenglongling mountains, northeastern Tibetan Plateau, Journal of Glaciology, 2012, 58, 879-888.