1998-2002 Tsinghua University, B.E.

2002-2005 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, M.Phil.

2005-2011 Georgia Institute of Technology, Ph.D.

2011-2016 Missouri University of Science and Technology, Assistant Professor

2016-2022 Zhejiang University, ZJU 100 Young Professor

2022-present Zhejiang University, Tenured Associate Professor

Bate serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering-ASCE (JGGE-ASCE). As a principal investigator, Dr. Bate has secured 2.6 million USD (personal share) in research funding surrounding geoenvironmental engineering area since 2011. His major funding resources include the Organization Department of CPC Central Committee, NSFC, National Development and Reform Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology of PRC, USDOT, University of Missouri Research Board, and AREVA energy company. He advises 4 postdoctoral research fellows, 15 Phd students, and 15 master students. He published 74 top-tier SCI-indexed journal articles (average impact factor 5.6), with 51 as either the 1st or the corresponding author, including JGGE-ASCE, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Acta Geotechnica. （as of Mar. 23, 2025）

Dr. Bate is accepting postdoctoral fellows in areas of soil remediation, unsaturated soils in geo-energy, discrete element method, computational fluid mechanics, microfluidic experiment, and geotechnical centrifuge modeling. Salary is competitive. Please send in your CV and a statement of  research to batebate@zju.edu.cn if interested.

Dr. Bate is accepting international applicants for postgraduate study. Interested candidates please send your CV and a statement of research to batebate@zju.edu.cn. Please be specific about the relationship between your previous experience and the projected research activities in Dr. Bate's group. 

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=5N9dpPQAAAAJ&hl=zh-CN

Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bate-Bate