Dr Gao has over 10 years of research experience in the field of Microgrid and Energy Storage Systems. Gao has published more than one hundred fifty refereed technical papers in international journals and conferences. His research has been funded by agencies and sponsors including the US National Science Foundation, US Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. His research areas include power and energy systems including renewable energies, micro grids, distributed generation, smart grid, power delivery, power electronics application, power system protection, power system restructuring, and hybrid electric vehicles. In 2009, he won the US National Science Foundation CAREER award for wind power research.
