Hong Cao is a corporate affiliate visiting fellow at the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center (Shorenstein APARC) for 2017-18.  Cao has over 20 years experience in the upstream petroleum industry with background in both geology and geophysics.  He is currently a chief geophysicist of Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration & Development (RIPED), PetroChina.  His research interes cover rock physics, quantitative seismic interpretation, reservoir characterization, sedimentology and technical management.