教育背景：
(1)1987.9－1991.7东北师范大学地理系自然地理专业，理学学士。
(2)1991.9－1994.7东北师范大学地理系自然地理专业，理学硕士。
(3)1997.8－2001.1中国科学院东北地理与农业生态研究所（原中国科学院长春地理研究所）环境科学专业，理学博士。
(4)2001.4-2006.8 东北师范大学生命科学学院生态学专业，博士后。
学术成果：
Yonghong Cao, Fengrong Zhang. Optimizing Layout and Amount of Eco-industrial Demonstration Parks in Jilin Province, China. Advanced Materials Research. 2012, (488-489): 787-792.(EI)
Yonghong Cao. Deli Wang. Mikko Heino. Xincheng Li. Hui Zhu.Jushan Liu. Xuehui Zou. Fine-scale characteristics of the boundaries between annual patches and perennial patches in a meadow steppe. Landscape Ecology, 2019, 34:811–825（SCI）.
Dawuda Usman Kaku, Yonghong Cao*, Yousef Ahmed Al-Masnay, Jean Claude Nizeyimana. An Integrated Approach to Assess the Environmental Impacts of Large-Scale Gold Mining: The Nzema-Gold Mines in the Ellembelle District of Ghana as a Case Study. International Journal Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021, 18(13): 1-20（SCI, 通讯作者）.
Yue Zhang, Naixu Tian, Anjie Chen, Jiaxin Qiu, Chunguang He, Yonghong Cao*. Identification of a wetland ecological network for urban heat island effect mitigation in Changchun, China. Ecological Indicators, 2023, 150: 110248（SCI, 通讯作者）
