Admissions Major

• Master's admissions major:

• Master of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

• Master of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

• Doctoral admissions major:

• Doctor of academic degree: 083000| Environmental science and engineering.

• Doctor of professional degree: 085700| Resources and environment.

Working experience

• 01/2018-07/2021: School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Postdoctoral/Research Assistant Professor

• 07/2021-present: Teaching and Research Series Faculty, School of Environment and Energy, South China University of Technology

Educational experience

• 09/2012.09 - 06/2017: Tsinghua University, Department of Thermal Engineering, PhD.

• 09/2008 - 06/2012: Huazhong University of Science and Technology, College of Energy and Power Engineering, B.S.

Field of research

• Multi-scale transport transformation of contaminants in soil and groundwater.

• Multi-scale coupling of material transport and geochemical reactions in the Earth's critical zone.

• CO₂ geological storage and utilization technologies.

Recent research projects

1. Xin Wang, Rong Li*, Yong Tian, Chongxuan Liu*. Watershed-scale water environmental capacity estimation assisted by machine learning. Journal of Hydrology, 2021, 597, 126310.

2. Dongfang Ke, Rong Li*, Chongxuan Liu*. The feedback interaction between biomass accumulation and heterogeneous flow in porous media: Effect of shear stresses. Journal of Hydrology, 2021, 597, 126083.

3. Zigong Ning#, Rong Li#, Huishu Lian, Shuang Zhou, Peng Liao, Chongxuan Liu. Effects of flow-interruption on the bacteria transport behavior in porous media. Journal of Hydrology, 2021, 595, 125677.

4. Yulong Chen#, Rong Li#, Hongri Suo*, Chongxuan Liu*. Evaluation of a Data-Driven, Machine Learning Approach for Identifying Potential Candidates for Environmental Catalysts: From Database Development to Prediction. ACS ES&T Engg., 2021, ASAP.

5. Yanhua Duan#, Rong Li#, Yiqun Gan, Kai Yu, Guangci Zeng, Dongfang Ke, Wenxian Wu, Chongxuan Liu. Impact of Physico-Chemical Heterogeneity on Arsenic Sorption and Reactive Transport under Water Extraction. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2020, 54(23), 14974–14983.

6. Rong Li, Chen Yang, Dongfang Ke, Chongxuan Liu. Scaling of Mineral Dissolution Rates under Complex Flow Conditions. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 2020, 274, 63-78.

7. Rong Li, Peixue Jiang, Di He, Xue Chen, Ruina Xu. Experimental Investigation on the Behavior of Supercritical CO2 during Reservoir Depressurization. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2017, 51(15), 8869-8876.

8. Rong Li, Ruina Xu, Cheng Gao, Feng Huang, Peixue Jiang, Xue Chen. Experimental Investigation of Silica-based Nanofluid Enhanced Oil Recovery: The Effect of Wettability Alteration. Energy Fuels, 2017, 31 (1), 188–197.

9. Ruina Xu, Rong Li, Jin Ma, Di He, Peixue Jiang. Effect of Mineral Dissolution/ Precipitation and CO2 Exsolution on CO2 Transport in Geological Carbon Storage. Accounts of Chemical Research, 2017, 50(9), 2056-2066.

10. Ruina Xu, Rong Li, Feng Huang, Peixue Jiang. Pore-Scale Visualization on a Depressurization-Induced CO2 Exsolution. Science Bulletin, 2017, 62(11), 795-803.

11. Ruina Xu, Rong Li, Jin Ma, and Peixue Jiang. CO2 Exsolution from CO2 Saturated Water: Core-Scale Experiments and Focus on Impacts of Pressure Variations. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2015, 49(24), 14696– 14703.