PhD  Physical and Analytical Chemistry, Syracuse University, New York         
MS  Imaging Science, Rochester Institute of Technology, New York                           
MS  Biochemistry, Adelphi University, New York
BS  Physical chemistry, Shanxi University, China                       
Studied polymer chemistry for one year at Polytechnic University of New York

His current research interest focus on vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectroscopy and chemical imaging. He uses VCD spectroscopy and chemical imaging technique to study bio-samples, such as eye-lens crystallin, pharmaceutical molecules etc.

Teresa B. Freedman, Eunah Lee and Taiping Zhao, Vibrational Transition Current Density: Visualizing the Origin of Vibrational Circular Dichroism and Infrared Densities. Chirality: Physical Chemistry, Edited by Janice M.Hicks, ACS symposium series 810, p65, 2002. 

Taiping Zhao and Frederick A. Bettelheim, Enthalpy and Entropy of Hydration of Bovine Crystalllins, Biological Chemistry, Vol. 270, No. 42, Issue of October 20, pp 24961-24964. 1995.

J. K. Rogers, R. Toledo-crow, Vaez-Iravani,* G.Di Francesco, T. Zhao, and R. Hailstone, Correlative Near-Field Direct/Fluorescence Imaging and Spectroscopy of a Sensitizing Dye on Single Microcrystals of Silver Halide, Journal of imaging science and Technology, Volume 39, Number 3, May/June 1995.

Taiping Zhao, etc. reference work, The Application of Cationic Surfactant, published by Ministry of Light Industry of China. 1988.