Peng Gao

• 2025 Fall
  • GEO 476/676 Advanced GIS Analysis and Applications
• 2025 Spring
  • GEO 383/683 Geographic Information Systems
• 2024 Fall
  • GEO 476 Advanced GIS Analysis and Applications
• 2024 Spring
  • GEO 383/683 Geographic Information Systems

"Sediment Complexity within Geomorphological Systems: The 49th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"MRI: Acquisition of Networked Computers for the Integrated Spatial Dynamics Laboratory", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

"Vertically Meandering Mountain Streams", Sponsored by National Science Foundation.

• Journal Articles
  • Gao, P., "Analyzing the stability of gun violence patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic in Syracuse, New York." International Journal of Health Geographics, 2025.
  • Gao, P., Li, Z., Majumdar, A. and Li, Z., "Determining spatially variable peat depths of an alpine peatland in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau." Journal of Geophysical Research - Biogeosciences, 2025.
  • Li, L. (Primary Investigator), Mirzabeigi, S., Soltanian-Zadeh, S., Dong, B., Krietemeyer, B., Gao, P., Wilson, N. and Zhang, J., "A high-performance multi-scale modular-based green design studio platform for building and urban environmental quality and energy simulations." Sustainable Cities and Society, 2025.
  • Li, Z., Zhou, B., Guo, X., Gao, P. and Chen, B., "Spatiotemporal variations of groundwater and gully impact in two peatland watersheds in the Upper Yellow River, QinghaiTibet Plateau." Ecohydrology, 2024.
  • Gao, P., Belletti, B., Piégay, H., You, Y. and Li, Z., "Can water-detection indices be reliable proxies for water discharges in mid-sized braided rivers using coarse-resolution Landsat archives?." Remote Sensing, 2024.
  • Li, Z., Gao, P., You, Y., Finotello, A. and Ielpi, A., "Delayed neck cutoff in the meandering Black River of the Qinghai–Tibet plateau." Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 2023.
  • Guo, X., Gao, P. and Li, Z., "Hydrologic connectivity and morphologic variation of oxbow lakes in a pristine alpine fluvial system." Journal of Hydrology, 2023.
  • Guo, X., Gao, P. and Li, Z., "Morphodynamic Characteristics of a Complex Anabranching System in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Implications for Anabranching Stability." Journal of Geophysical Research-Earth Surface, 2023.
  • Gao, P., Li, Z., You, Y., Zhou, Y. and Piegay, H., "Assessing functional characteristics of a braided river in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China." Geomorphology, 2022.
  • You, Y. C., Li, Z. W., Gao, P. and Hu, T. S., "Impacts of dams and land-use changes on hydromorphology of braided channels in the Lhasa River of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau." International Journal of Sediment Research, 2022.
  • Li, Z. W., Gao, P. and Wu, X. Y., "Processes of neck cutoff and channel adjustment affected by seeding herbaceous vegetation and variable discharges." Catena, 2022.
  • Gao, P., Gao, W. and Nan, K., "Assessing the impact of flood inundation dynamics on an urban environment." Natural Hazards, 2021.
  • Guo, X. W., Gao, P. and Li, Z. W., Morphological characteristics and changes of two meandering rivers in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China. Geomorphology. , 2021.
  • Gao, P., Li, Z. W. and Yang, H. Y., "Variable discharges control composite bank erosion in Zoige meandering rivers." Catena, 2021.
• Journal Review
  • Gao, P., Li, Z., "Exploring meandering river cutoffs." Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2024.

Global Rivers in the Anthropocene, the Institute of Socio-Environmental Studies (IESA) of the Federal University of Goiás (UFG), Brazil, "River systems in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (December 9, 2025)

Maxwell CPR working group, "Exploring social/economical processes driving the gun violence pattern in Syracuse" (November 4, 2025)

SUII-81 Project Workshop, Syracuse University Infrastructure Institute, "Integrating GIS and Green Design Studio to Analyze the Impact of the I-81 Viaduct on Local Communities: Environmental Exposure and Socio-Economic Relationships" (October 24, 2025)

The 55th Lecture of Huxiang Geography Forum, Hunan Normal University, Hunan Normal University, "Depths of the Zoige peatlands – Determination and Significance" (June 18, 2025)

Ocean University of China, "Strategies for Publishing Peer-Reviewed Scientific Papers - A Guide to Successful Manuscript Preparation and Submission" (June 3, 2025)

Determining spatially variable peat depths in an alpine peatland, Wuhan University, China, "Determining spatially variable peat depths in an alpine peatland" (May 21, 2025)

American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, American Geophysical Union, "Can spatial heterogeneity of peatland layer thickness be determined over large area?" (December 14, 2024 - December 14, 2024)

the NIA Center for Aging and Policy Studies, The Maxwell School of Citizenship & Public Affair, Syracuse University, "Geospatial perspectives on urban social and public health issues" (September 24, 2024 - September 24, 2024)

School of Public Affairs, Xiamen University, "How do geospatial analyses help better understand urban social problems?" (July 2, 2024 - July 2, 2024)

Department of Public Administration, School of International Affairs and Public Administration Ocean University of China (Laoshan Campus), "Influence of urban built environments on social and public health inequity" (June 21, 2024 - June 21, 2024)

Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting , Association of American Geographers , "Exploring spatial distribution of Peat depths in the Black River watershed of the Zoige basin in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau" (April 18, 2024 - April 18, 2024)

Syracuse CoE Research & Technology Forum, Syracuse CoE, "Research on urban geospatial patterns and their nexus to built environment" (February 7, 2024 - February 7, 2024)

American Association of Geographer Annual Meeting, American Association of Geographer , "Impact of embankments after neck cutoff on flow structure of a highly sinuous meandering bend in the Zoige basin" (March 23, 2023 - March 27, 2023)

Gao, P., Li, Z., You, Y., American Geophysical Union, "How long it takes for neck cutoff to occur in highly sinuous meandering rivers?" (December, 2021)

Gao, P., Li, Z., Wu, X., American Geophysical Union, "Processes of neck cutoff and channel adjustment affected by seeding herbaceous vegetation and variable discharges" (December, 2021)