1.Education (with year of award)
2010  D.Sc. (Agr. & For.) ，Department of Forest Sciences,University of Helsinki
2003  M.Sc. (Agr. & For.)，Department of Forest Economics,University of Helsinki
1991  B.Sc. (Econ.)，Department of Forest Economics   Forestry College of Fujian
2.Work Experience
2010-now: Professor in Forest Management, Northwest A & F University
2005-10: Researcher，Department of Forest Sciences, University of Helsinki
2005: Researcher，European Forest Institute (EFI)
2002-07: Assistant Researcher, Researcher, External Researcher,
Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA)
1994-2000: Manager, Municipal Tax Office of Nanping
1991- 94: Manager, Logistics Administration of Nanping
3.Research Interests
Forest resources management and information technology. 
Forest management and decision support system. 
4.Research Projects
2012-15: (NSFC project 31170586) Adaptive Management of Forest Ecosystem under    Climate Change ”.
2011-    University of Helsinki (UH), SUVALUE project "Sustainable Forest Value Chains".
2010-13： (NWSUAF project Z111021002)  Utilization of Forest Bioenergy and     Its Effects on Carbon Sequestration”.  
2010-11： Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), VACCIA project "Vulnerability   
    Assessment of ecosystem services for Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation",     sub-project "Assessment of impacts and adaptation measures for forest production".
2008-11: Academy of Finland, Sustainable Energy Research Programme (SusEn), FOBIT
    project "Forest-based bioenergy and its climatic and economic viability - an      integrated analysis", sub-project "Energy and material supply from forest       resources".
2007-10: Ministry of Eduction, GSForest school, "Eco-economic model linkages toward timber and non-timber production".  
2005-06:  Foundation of Natural Resources in Finland, PURO research consortium,    
    "Optimization of the quantity and quality of wood raw material in forest  management and industrial processes".
2005:  European Forest Institute (EFI), EFI SENSOR project, "Sustainability impact   
    assessment: tools for the environmental, social and economic effects of       multifunctional land use in European regions".
2004:  Finnish Forest Research Institute (METLA), Research programme "Pools and   fluxes of carbon in Finnish forests and their socio-economic implications", Metla     project 3399 "Forest carbon balance".
2002-04: Academy of Finland, SUNARE Programme, METLA Research Programme   
    "Alternatives of silvicultural practices in forest management and their effects on     forest production", Metla project 3318 "Economic-ecological interactions in   sustainable use of forest resources".
5.Teaching
Monitoring and Assessment of Forest Resources, Northwest A & F University       
Writing for Scientific Journals, Northwest A & F University
FECM 210 Quantitative Methods in Forest Resources Management，University of Helsinki
FECM 220 Economics of the Timber Industry，University of Helsinki
6.Selected publications
Cao, T., Valsta, L., Mäkelä, A., 2010. A comparison of carbon assessment methods for   
optimizing timber production and carbon sequestration in Scots pine stands.   
Forest Ecology and Management. 260, 1726-1734.
Cao, T., 2010. Silvicultural decisions based on simulation-optimization systems. Dissertationes
Forestales 103. 48 + 53 pp. ISBN 978-951-651-296-2, ISSN 1795-7389.
Cao, T., Valsta, L., Härkönen, S., Saranpää, P., Mäkelä, A., 2008. Effects of thinning and   
fertilization on wood properties and economic returns for Norway spruce. Forest
Ecology and Management. 256, 1280-1289.
Cao, T., Hyytiäinen, K., Tahvonen, O., Valsta, L., 2006. Effects of initial stand states on optimal
thinning and rotation of Picea abies stands. Scandinavian Journal of Forest   
Research 21, 388-398.
Cao, T., 2003. Optimal harvesting for even-aged Norway spruce using an individual-tree model
Finnish Forest Research Institute, Research Papers 897. 44 pp. ISBN      951-40-1886-9, ISSN 0358-4283.
7.Presentations
Cao, T., 2010. Utilization of forest bioenergy and its effects on carbon sequestration. 2010     Yangling International Agri-science Forum. 1-3 November 2010. Yangling,     China.
Cao, T., Valsta, L., Härkönen, S., Mäkelä, A. 2007. Effects of silvicultural treatments on wood    and tracheid properties, and economic returns of Picea abies. IUFRO,       International Scientific Conference, 'Forest Growth and Timber Quality: Crown    Models and Simulation Methods for Sustainable Forest Management'. 7-11     August 2007, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Cao, T., Hyytiäinen, K., Tahvonen, O, Valsta, L. 2004. Effects of initial states on optimal     thinning and rotation. 2004 Scandinavian Society of Forest Economics, 12-15     May 2004, Järvenpää, Finland
Cao, T., 2003. Optimal harvesting for even-aged Norway spruce using an individual-tree model.    2003 Symposium for Systems Analysis in Forest Resources, 7-9 October 2003,
Stevenson, Washington, USA
8.Software
OptiFor  A simulation optimization tool for forest and natural resources management
https://sites.google.com/site/optifor
9.Address
Simulation Optimization Laboratory, College of Forestry, Northwest A & F   
University，Laboratory Building 806, Taicheng Road 3, 712100 Yangling, China.
E-mail: cao@nwsuaf.edu.cn, Fax: +86 29 8708 1637