Associate Professor
School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan)
Shihao Hao is a associate professor at the School of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences (Wuhan). His research focuses on passive continental margin rifting, deep crustal structure and deformation, and tectono-magmatic coupling, with particular interests in the structural architecture, polyphase magmatism, rift segmentation, and crustal heterogeneity of the northern South China Sea margin. He has revealed the control of strike-slip faults on margin segmentation. He has published multiple first-author papers in journals including GSA Bulletin, JGR-Solid Earth, Tectonics, and Basin Research. He leads projects funded by the NSFC Youth Program, China Postdoctoral Science Foundation, Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation, and Hubei Provincial Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Program. He serves as a reviewer for JGR-Solid Earth, Journal of the Geological Society, Marine and Petroleum Geology, and Tectonophysics. He maintains long-term research collaborations with CNOOC Shenzhen Branch, CNOOC Research Institute, University of Leeds (UK), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), and the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU). He welcomes academic exchanges and is enthusiastic about recruiting graduate students.
Web of Science (Shihao Hao): https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/KLE-1339-2024
ResearchGate (Shihao Hao): https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shihao-Hao
2012.09–2016.06 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), College of Resources, Resource Exploration Engineering (B.E.)
2016.09–2023.06 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), College of Resources, Mineral Prospect & Exploration (M.Sc. & Ph.D., combined program)
2020.01–2020.03 University of Leeds (UK), School of Earth and Environment, Basin Structural Analysis (CSC joint training)
2021.10–2023.04 Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM), Structure & Tectonic Evolution of Passive Margins (CSC joint training)
2023.04–2023.04 Geological Survey of Norway (NGU), Section for Geophysics, Passive Continental Margin Structure (short-term training)
2023.07–2026.05 China University of Geosciences (Wuhan), College of Resources, Basin Tectonics & Petroleum Exploration Structural Analysis (Postdoctoral)
Petroleum exploration structural analysis
Structural and tectonic evolution of passive continental margins
Crustal structure and deformation
Tectono-magmatic interaction
Rifting processes and along-strike segmentation
Hao, S., Mei, L., Peng, G., Li, H., Ranero, C., 2025. Crustal Segmentation between Failed Rift and Successful Rifted Margin along the NW South China Sea. Basin Research
Hao, S., Mei, L., Zheng, J., Ranero, C., 2024. Detachment and transfer fault systems in the Northern South China Sea, insights into 3D tectonic segmentation of rifted margins. Tectonics
Hao, S., Mei, L., Ranero, C. R., Zhou, Z., Pang, X., & Zheng, J., 2024. 3D crustal architecture and along-strike variation in the mid-northern South China Sea rifted margin. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Hao, S., Mei, L., Gernigon, L., Paton, D., Zheng, J., Ye, Q., Zhou, Z., Zhong, Y., 2022. Rifted margin with localized detachment and polyphase magmatism: A new model of the northern South China Sea. GSA Bulletin
Hao, S., Mei, L., Shi, H., Paton, D., 2021. Rift migration and transition during multiphase rifting: Insights from the proximal domain, northern South China Sea rifted margin. Marine and Petroleum Geology
Li, G., Ye, Q., Liu, Z., Hao, S., Mei, L., 2024. Development of detachment fault system associated with a mature metamorphic core complex: Insight from the Kaiping Sag, northern South China Sea. Basin Research
Li, G., Mei, L., Zheng, J., Ye, Q., Hao, S., 2022. Magmatism within the northern margin of the South China Sea during the post-rift stage: An overview, and new insights into the geodynamics. Earth-Science Reviews
Shi, H., Du, J., Mei, L., Zhang, X., Hao, S., Liu, P., Deng, P., Zhang, Q., 2020. Huizhou Movement and its significance in Pearl River Mouth Basin, China. Petroleum Exploration and Development
Zhou, Z., Mei, L., Liu, J., Zheng, J., Chen, L., Hao, S., 2018. Continentward-dipping detachment fault system and asymmetric rift structure of the Baiyun Sag, northern South China Sea. Tectonophysics
2024.09–2025.12 Hubei Provincial Postdoctoral Innovation Talent Project – “Spatial-temporal distribution and genetic mechanism of syn-rift magmatism in the northern South China Sea: constraints from geophysics and geochemistry” (Principal Investigator)
2025.01–2027.12 National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Youth Program – “Tectonic transformation at ca. 43 Ma in the South China Sea: records from the T83 unconformity in the Pearl River Mouth Basin” (Principal Investigator)
2025.10–2029.12 NSFC General Program – “Mechanism of fracture ‘reversal’ in sand-shale interbeds and quantitative prediction model” (Participant)
2025.05–2030.12 National Science and Technology Major Project – “Fine determination of tectonic deformation processes and 3D paleo-structure restoration techniques” (Participant)
2025.04–2027.02 CNOOC Beijing Research Institute – “Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic-sedimentary evolution and resource potential of the eastern deep-water area, Pearl River Mouth Basin” (Sub-project Principal Investigator)
2024.04–2026.09 CNOOC Deepwater Development Co. – “Pre-Cenozoic tectonic-sedimentary evolution of the eastern South China Sea” (Sub-project Principal Investigator)
2024.02–2024.12 CNOOC Shenzhen Branch – “Basin evolution and hydrocarbon generation mechanism of reformed rich sags in the eastern Pearl River Mouth Basin” (Sub-project Principal Investigator)
2016.01–2020.01 National “13th Five-Year” Major Science and Technology Project – “Deep tectonic processes and Cenozoic basin-forming coupling in the northern South China Sea” (Participant)
2015.12–2018.05 CNOOC Shenzhen Branch – “Comparative analysis and integrated study of Paleogene sags in the Zhu-1 Depression, Pearl River Mouth Basin” (Participant)
