Kai Hu
University of Wisconsin-Madison
PhD Candidate
Department of Geoscience
Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences
1215 West Dayton Street, Madison, WI 53705
Email: kai.hu@wisc.edu Website: kaihux.com
EDUCATION
PhD student University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience | 2019 - present
Thesis research: Variation of soil chemical erosion rates along altitudinal transects at San Jacinto Peak, California and implications for climatic control on silicate weathering
Research advisor: Ken Ferrier
M.Sc. Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research | 2011-2015
Thesis: Cosmogenic 10Be-derived basin-averaged erosion rates of the Qilian Shan, NE Tibet
Research advisor: Xiaomin Fang
B.Sc. Lanzhou University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences | 2007-2011
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience | 2020 - present
Graduate Teaching Assistant , University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Geoscience | 2019
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | 2018
Graduate Research Assistant, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences | 2017
Research advisor: Ken Ferrier
Visiting student, Purdue University, Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences | 2016 & 2013-2014
Research advisor: Darryl Granger
Graduate Research Assistant, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences | 2011-2015
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Course TAed:
GEOSCI 106 Environmental Geology (2019 Fall)
EAS 1601 Habitable Planet (2018 Fall)
EAS 4814 Geomorphology (2018 Spring)
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021: Graduate Student Outstanding Paper Award, Department of Geoscience, UW-Madison
2019: Graduate Summer Research Award, Department of Geoscience, UW-Madison
2018: Graduate Conference Travel Award, Student Government Association, Georgia Tech
College of Sciences Doctoral Student Travel Supplement Award, Georgia Tech
2012: Outstanding Student Award, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2011: Outstanding Graduate Award, Lanzhou University
2010: Outstanding Student Scholarship (1st class), Lanzhou University
2009: Special Prize (top 1 ‰) of 2009 National English Contest for College Students (NECCS)
Outstanding Participant Award of 2009 Summer Camp of NECCS
Outstanding Student Scholarship (1st class), Lanzhou University
2008: Outstanding Student Scholarship (2nd class), Lanzhou University
2007: Outstanding Student Scholarship (3rd class), Lanzhou University
SERVICE
Invited science talk at the Geology Club at the Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, Wisconsin, April 2022
Reviewer for professional journals: Geomorphology (2022)
Faculty Liaison, Geoscience Graduate Student Association (GGSA), UW-Madison, 2020-2021
Student volunteer, UW-Madison Science Expeditions - Rock Wall and Dazzling Display of Wisconsin Rocks, 2019