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Professor Li, Xiao-yan 李曉岩

Title:
Professor, Chair of Environmental Technology
Professor

Department:
Department of Civil Engineering

Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering

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Professor Li, Xiao-yan 李曉岩

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Professor, Chair of Environmental Technology
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Professional Qualifications
YearAwarding InstitutionQualification
1986Tsinghua UniversityB.S. in Environmental Engineering
1990Tsinghua UniversityM.S. in Environmental Engineering
1996University of ArizonaPh.D. in Environmental Engineering
Biography

Prof. X.Y. Li joined The University of Hong Kong in 1996 after receiving his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Arizona. His Ph.D. thesis won the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) in 1997, and he was awarded an Outstanding Young Researcher by the University in 2004. His main areas of teaching are in water quality measurement, water resources and wastewater treatment, environmental transport process and water quality modelling. His research interests include particle transport in natural waters; coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation of solid pollutants in water and wastewater treatment; bioaggregation and granulation, sediment-water-pollutant interactions; membrane application and advanced oxidation processes (AOP) in water and wastewater treatment and disinfection; and wastewater-derived disinfection-by-product (DBP) problem in drinking water supply. Prof. Li is an expert in particle transport phenomenon and membrane filtration process. He has developed models for particle flocculation in water, membrane fouling in membrane filtration and membrane bioreactors, and sediment nutrient flux.  

 
Honours, Awards & Prizes
AwardeesAward DateHonours / Awards / PrizesCategory
XIAO, Feng
Lam, KM
Li, XY
2007-07-01The Best Poster Award: IWA International Conference on Particle Separation, Toulouse, France
Research Achievement
Li, XY
Law, CMC
2010-06-01Best Student Poster Award (to Cecilia M.C. Law, an MPhil student under the supervison of Li X.Y.): 6th IWA/GRA Specialised Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants/Hazardous Substances in Water, San Francisco, CA, USA
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2011-01-01ESI top 1% highly cited author (Environment & Ecology) 2010: ISI Web of Science
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2011-03-01Top Cited Author 2007-2011 (Top-25 most cited article - Li XY and Yang SF, Influence of loosely bound extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on the flocculation, sedimentation and dewaterability of activated sludge. Water Research, 41:1022-1030, 2007): Water Research, Elsevier
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2004-06-01Outstanding Young Researcher Award: The University of Hong Kong
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2008-10-01Outstanding Overseas Young Researcher Fund (for research collaboration with the University of Science and Technology (USTC)): National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2014-01-01ESI top 1% highly cited author (Environment & Ecology) 2013: ISI Web of Science
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2012-12-01First-Class Award in Natural Science (Hu H.Q., Li X.Y. and Sheng G.P., Aerobic sludge granulation for biological wastewater treatment), Higher Education Institution Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Awards (Natural Science),: Ministry of Education, China.
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2010-01-01ESI top 1% highly cited author (Environment & Ecology) 2009: ISI Web of Science
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2013-09-01Best Platform Presentation Award (Investigation of the shape change of bio-flocs and is influence on mass transport using particle image velocimetry (PIV)): IWA-ASPIRE Conference & Exhibition, September 2013, Daejeon, Korea.
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2013-01-01ESI top 1% highly cited author (Environment & Ecology) 2012: ISI Web of Science
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2011-01-01NSFC Academic Collaboration Award: National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2012-01-01ESI top 1% highly cited author (Environment & Ecology) 2011: ISI Web of Science
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2012-11-01Excellent Master Thesis Award (Honorable Mention) (to Gui-ming Zhai, an MPhil student under the supervison of Li X.Y.): American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Hong Kong Section
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2014-12-01Second-Class State Natural Science Award (Yu HQ, Li XY and Sheng GP), 2014: State Council, China
Research Achievement
Li, XY
2015-01-01ESI top 1% highly cited author (Environment & Ecology) 2014: ISI Web of Science
Research Achievement
Professional Societies
Term PeriodPositionProfessional Societies
01/1999-12/2012MemberInternational Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) - Hong Kong Chapter
01/1998-12/2012MemberInternational Water Association (IWA)
01/1999-12/2012MemberAmerican Chemical Society (ACS)
11/2012-10/2014MemberEngineering Panel, RGC
01/1998-12/2012MemberAssociation of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
01/1998-12/2012MemberAmerican Water Works Association (AWWA)
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Spoken Languages:
Spoken Language(s) (EN)Spoken Language(s) (ZH)
English, Putonghua英語、普通話
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Written Language(s) (EN)Written Language(s) (ZH)
English, Chinese英文、中文