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Dr Xuemei Li
Dr

Xuemei Li

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Overview

Background

Dr Xuemei Li obtained her PhD from the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland in 2024. Since then, she has been a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at AIBN. She has a strong background in materials science and environmental remediation, and is dedicated to developing novel functional materials for wastewater treatment, particularly for the remediation of contaminants such as heavy metals, antibiotics, and PFAS.

Availability

Dr Xuemei Li is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Metal-organic framework composites

  • Photocatalytic degradation of environmental pollutants

  • Mechanochemistry-enabled transformation of materials

Research impacts

Dr Xuemei Li develops advanced functional materials for the removal and destruction of emerging contaminants. Her work includes 8 papers in Nature Index journals and 3 Highly Cited Papers, published in leading journals such as Science, Nature Chemistry, Nature Communications, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, and Advanced Materials, demonstrating strong international impact and visibility.

Works

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25 works between 2017 and 2026

21 - 25 of 25 works

2018

Journal Article

Operation of a vertical algal biofilm enhanced raceway pond for nutrient removal and microalgae-based byproducts production under different wastewater loadings

Zhang, Qi, Li, Xuemei, Guo, Dabin, Ye, Ting, Xiong, Meijie, Zhu, Liandong, Liu, Cuixia, Jin, Shiping and Hu, Zhiquan (2018). Operation of a vertical algal biofilm enhanced raceway pond for nutrient removal and microalgae-based byproducts production under different wastewater loadings. Bioresource Technology, 253, 323-332. doi: 10.1016/j.biortech.2018.01.014

Operation of a vertical algal biofilm enhanced raceway pond for nutrient removal and microalgae-based byproducts production under different wastewater loadings

2017

Journal Article

Sorption-desorption behaviors of heavy metals by biochar-compost amendment with different ratios in contaminated wetland soil

Yang, Zhaoxue, Liang, Jie, Tang, Lin, Zeng, Guangming, Yu, Man, Li, Xiaodong, Li, Xuemei, Qian, Yingying, Wu, Haipeng, Luo, Yuan and Mo, Dan (2017). Sorption-desorption behaviors of heavy metals by biochar-compost amendment with different ratios in contaminated wetland soil. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 18 (4), 1530-1539. doi: 10.1007/s11368-017-1856-4

Sorption-desorption behaviors of heavy metals by biochar-compost amendment with different ratios in contaminated wetland soil

2017

Journal Article

Changes in heavy metal mobility and availability from contaminated wetland soil remediated with combined biochar-compost

Liang, Jie, Yang, Zhaoxue, Tang, Lin, Zeng, Guangming, Yu, Man, Li, Xiaodong, Wu, Haipeng, Qian, Yingying, Li, Xuemei and Luo, Yuan (2017). Changes in heavy metal mobility and availability from contaminated wetland soil remediated with combined biochar-compost. Chemosphere, 181, 281-288. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.04.081

Changes in heavy metal mobility and availability from contaminated wetland soil remediated with combined biochar-compost

2017

Journal Article

Amorphous MnO2 modified biochar derived from aerobically composted swine manure for adsorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II)

Liang, Jie, Li, Xuemei, Yu, Zhigang, Zeng, Guangming, Luo, Yuan, Jiang, Longbo, Yang, Zhaoxue, Qian, Yingying and Wu, Haipeng (2017). Amorphous MnO2 modified biochar derived from aerobically composted swine manure for adsorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II). ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 5 (6), 5049-5058. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b00434

Amorphous MnO2 modified biochar derived from aerobically composted swine manure for adsorption of Pb(II) and Cd(II)

2017

Journal Article

Enhancing phosphate adsorption capacity of SDS-based magnetite by surface modification of citric acid

Yu, Zhigang, Zhang, Chang, Zheng, Zuhong, Hu, Liang, Li, Xuemei, Yang, Zhongzhu, Ma, Chi and Zeng, Guangming (2017). Enhancing phosphate adsorption capacity of SDS-based magnetite by surface modification of citric acid. Applied Surface Science, 403, 413-425. doi: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.01.163

Enhancing phosphate adsorption capacity of SDS-based magnetite by surface modification of citric acid

Funding

Current funding

  • 2026 - 2027
    Advanced Upcycling of Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances in High-tech Industries
    Australia's Economic Accelerator Ignite Grants
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2024
    Dynamic study of mixed matrix metal-organic framework glass membranes for lithium recovery
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Dynamic study of glassy metal-organic framework membranes for lithium recovery
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2023
    Dynamic properties at the interface of hierarchically structured metal-organic frameworks for lithium recovery
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant
  • 2022
    Dynamic study of crystal-glass metal-organic framework/ coordination polymer hybrids
    Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
    Open grant

Supervision

Availability

Dr Xuemei Li is:
Available for supervision

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