About Zhaoyi Xu’s work
From March to September 2001, Zhaoyi Xu held a Croucher Visitorship at the University of Hong Kong. At the time, Xu was based at Nanjing University.
Biography
Xu Zhaoyi received her Bachelor in Inorganic Chemistry of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University in 1990, Master's. in Physical Chemistry from School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University in 1993, and Ph.D. in Environmental Science, School of Environment, Nanjing University in 1999. She was a visiting scholar at the Centre for Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Hong Kong, the Institute of Water Treatment at the Centre for Water Research in the UK and the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle in the UK. She began teaching at the School of Environment, Nanjing University, in 1993 and was promoted to Professor in 2006. Her research interests include the synthesis and application of environmental functional materials, environmental catalysis technology, and soil and groundwater pollution remediation technology. The main scientific research projects include: the construction of carbon-embedded nano-zero-valent iron composites and the mechanism of remediation of oxygenate polluted groundwater, the remediation materials and technologies of halogenated hydrocarbon pollution in groundwater on site, and the integration of drinking water safety engineering technology and integrated management technology in Taihu Lake Basin.