# Rui Bao SNSF Postdoctoral Fellow, 2016-2018, Pearson Lab Ph.D., ETH Zurich, 2016 ![Bao](/sites/g/files/omnuum436/files/styles/hwp_4_5__480x600/public/pearson/files/bao_cropped.jpg?itok=y5UdK5iA) email **Rui Bao** joined EPS as a postdoctoral fellow in Ann Pearson’s group. Bao worked for three years at the Marine Geology Division of China Geological Survey (CGS) in Guangzhou, China, after completing a BS at the China University of Geoscience in 2005. He earned a PhD at ETH Zurich in 2016, focusing on marine organic carbon cycling. During his PhD life, he was a visiting student for half a year studying at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). Bao was awarded an SNSF Postdoctoral Fellowship to work at Harvard to investigate factors affecting rates of carbon preservation and mineralization. [Tectonically-triggered sediment and carbon export to the Hadal zone](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02504-1). Rui Bao, M. Strasser, A.P. McNichol, N. Haghipour, C. McIntyre, G. Wefer, T.I. Eglinton (2018) Nature Communications doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02504-1 [Widespread dispersal and aging of organic carbon in shallow marginal seas](https://gsw.silverchair-cdn.com/gsw/Content_public/Journal/geology/44/10/10.1130_G37948.1/4/791.pdf?Expires=1515622612&Signature=fubL1-Zq951w203aqLIKB8MifZh5XsSq2ApnWhd9WlnEqC3MnywOlUcMukJkzc0kWlvQL3qEGP6ZlX6IG7QKKdsE3E2FEroAanQwGgHqW8aOeN~PdoVPEbixPiqVSVZpB8eSTBZA6XaSQzYBSypOLfaL3PJeMEaxu8pT5XLn1-5piupwn7KEf0aF~F71o-y0oAxMF2Zddv0PYG6H4ucL2rg8Nh0aLxvynI-9YcQYyLhe6JhZRLg~NwOSMrvhfi-QluojnUDmbR9hUYjuEXpcBd49QreHdiprmEiIr~X2b4IfXXh~u3y7QDhyDGxBzU3u8xeiDeI-xfvTaD~RKgYvaw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIUCZBIA4LV). Rui Bao, C. McIntyre, M. Zhao, C. Zhu, S. Kao, T.I. Eglinton (2016) Geology 44, 791-794, doi:10.1130/G37948.1. - ## Lab Roles [Former Lab Members](/lab-roles/former-lab-members)