Post Doctorate Researcher
Post Doctorate Researcher

Biography

Xiaoxu Li’s research focuses on thermodynamics and dynamics inherent in solid-liquid interactions. He is currently fascinated by the nonclassical nucleation, growth, and dissolution by using edge-cutting technologies to characterize, understand, and model these behaviors. Li is focused on leveraging the insights and expertise gained from natural processes for industrial applications. This includes critical areas like nuclear waste management, CO2 capture and storage, and the recovery and purification of essential minerals.

Disciplines and Skills

  • In situ electron microscopy
  • Scanning electron microscopy
  • Focused ion beam

Education

  • PhD in environmental engineering, Peking University, China, 2017–2022
  • BS in geology, Nanjing University, China, 2013–2017

Awards and Recognitions

  • Excellent Scientific Research Award (for students), Peking University, 2020
  • Presidential Scholarship, Peking University, 2019
  • Merit Student, Peking University, 2019

Publications

2023

  • Li, X., Nienhuis, E. T., Nagurney, A. B., Miller, Q. R. S., Zhang, X., & Schaef, H. T. (2023). Resolving Nanoscale Processes during Carbon Mineralization Using Identical Location Transmission Electron Microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
  • Li, X., Guo, Q., Zhao, Y., Chen, P., Legg, B. A., Liu, L., et al.  (2023). Atomic-scale Mapping Unravel Anisotropic Dissolution Behaviors of Gibbsite Nanosheets. arXiv Preprint arXiv:2305. 05606.
  • Liu, Juejing, Zhang, Z., Li, X., Zong, M., Wang, Y., Wang, S., et al. (2023). Machine learning assisted phase and size-controlled synthesis of iron oxides. arXiv Preprint arXiv:2303. 11244.
  • Liu, Y., Ding, Y., Sheng, A., Li, X., Chen, J., Arai, Y., & Liu, J. (2023). Fe (II)-Catalyzed Transformation of Ferrihydrite with Different Degrees of Crystallinity. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(17), 6934–6943.
  • Nie, M., Li, X., Ding, Y., Pan, Y., Cai, Y., Liu, Y., & Liu, J. (2023). Effect of Stoichiometry on Nanomagnetite Sulfidation. Environmental Science & Technology, 57(7), 3002–3011.
  • Zhao, X., Liu, J., Wang, X., Chen, P., Li, X., Bang, S., Liu, W., Guo, X, Zhang, X. (2023). Investigation of REE Carbonatite Mineral Formation during Hydrothermal Fluid-Rock Interaction. Goldschmidt 2023 Conference. GOLDSCHMIDT.

2022

  • Li, X., Sheng, A., Ding, Y., & Liu, J. (2022). A model towards understanding stabilities and crystallization pathways of iron (oxyhydr) oxides in redox-dynamic environments. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 336, 92–103.
  • Liu, J., A. Sheng, X. Li, Y. Arai, Y. Ding, M. Nie, M. Yan, and K. M. Rosso. 2022. “Understanding the Importance of Labile Fe(III) during Fe(II)-Catalyzed Transformation of Metastable Iron Oxyhydroxides.” Environmental Science & Technology 56 (6): 3801-3811. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c08044.
  • Xia, Q., Q. Jin, Y. Chen, L. Zhang, X. Li, S. He, D. Guo, J. Liu, and H. Dong. 2022. “Combined Effects of Fe(III)-Bearing Nontronite and Organic Ligands on Biogenic U(IV) Oxidation.” Environmental Science & Technology 56 (3): 1983-1993. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c04946.

2021

  • Ding, Y., Sheng, A., Liu, F., Li, X., Shang, J., & Liu, J. (2021). Reversing the order of changes in environmental conditions alters the aggregation behavior of hematite nanoparticles. Environmental Science: Nano, 8(12), 3820–3832.
  • Sheng, A., J. Liu, X. Li, L. Luo, Y. Ding, C. Chen, X. Zhang, C. Wang, and K. M. Rosso. 2021. “Labile Fe(III) supersaturation controls nucleation and properties of product phases from Fe(II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation.” Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 309: 272-285. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2021.06.027.

2020

  • Sheng, A., Li, X., Arai, Y., Ding, Y., Rosso, K. M., & Liu, J. (2020). Citrate controls Fe (II)-catalyzed transformation of ferrihydrite by complexation of the labile Fe (III) intermediate. Environmental Science & Technology, 54(12), 7309–7319.
  • Sheng, A., Liu, J., Li, X., Qafoku, O., Collins, R. N., Jones, A. M., et al. (2020). Labile Fe (III) from sorbed Fe (II) oxidation is the key intermediate in Fe (II)-catalyzed ferrihydrite transformation. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 272, 105–120.
  • Zang, Y., Liu, F., Li, X., Sheng, A., Zhai, J., & Liu, J. (2020). Adsorption kinetics, conformational change, and enzymatic activity of β-glucosidase on hematite (α-Fe2Oet) surfaces. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 193, 111115.

2019

  • Li, X., Qin, F., Chen, X., Sheng, A., Wang, Z., & Liu, J. (2019). Dissolution behavior of isolated and aggregated hematite particles revealed by in situ liquid cell transmission electron microscopy. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(5), 2416–2425.
  • Liu, F., Li, X., Sheng, A., Shang, J., Wang, Z., & Liu, J. (2019). Kinetics and mechanisms of protein adsorption and conformational change on hematite particles. Environmental Science & Technology, 53(17), 10157–10165.