Yi-TianGao, B.Sc., Nankai University, 1982;M.A., City University of New York (CUNY), 1986; M.S., University of California,Los Angeles (UCLA), 1988; Ph.D., UCLA, 1991. Now, he is a professor and doctorate supervisor at BUAA, selected as a Cheung-Kong-Scholar Chair Professor, Ministry of Education.

His main research areas include cosmic plasma physics, scientific computation, fluid mechanics and fibre communication. He is among the highly-cited scientists worldwide.