Name: Xuhui Mao	Telephone: 027-68775799
	E_mail: clab@whu.edu.cn	Department: Department of Environmental Engineering
	Supervisors: PhD. Tuto, Master Tutor	Technical Post:  Professor
	Research Orientation: Environmental Engineering

Education  Background:

Postdoctoral associate, Civil and environmental Engineering 06/2010 –04/2012 Northeastern University（NEU）, Civil and environmental Engineering Department (Supervisor: Prof. Akram N. Alshawabkeh)。

Postdoctoral associate, Material Science and Engineering 02/2009 –06/2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology （MIT）, Department of Material Science and Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. D. R. Sadoway)。

PhD, Environmental Science 09/2002 – 07/2007 Wuhan University, School of Resource and Environmental Science,430079,China (Supervisor: Prof. Fuxing Gan)。

MSc, Environmental Science 09/1999 – 07/2002 Wuhan University, Wuhan City, China (Supervisor: Prof. Fuxing Gan)。

BSc, Environmental Science 09/1995 – 07/1999 Wuhan University, China Supervisor: Prof. Fuxing Gan, Co-supervisor: Dr. Zhengfeng Li。

Research & Interest:

Soil and groundwater remediation  

Water treatment (physicochemical, electrochemical, biological,etc.)

Materials for energy and environmental applications

Teaching:

School of Resource and Environmental Science

Course for graduate student:

Environmental Remediation: from principles to technologies

Course for undergraduate student:

Environmental planning and management

Projects:

PI:

Electrokinetic- enhanced bioaugmentation for the treatment of soil contaminated by chlorinated solvent.

Iron-Hydrogen-Oxygen composited electrolysis process for the redox regulation and removal of contaminants in groundwater.

Devolopment of ozone generator for on-site remediation (International joint research project, Funded by Science and technology bureau of Suzhou City).

Participating:

Mechanism of the accelerated corrosion of low carbon steel in the late stage of immersion corrosion tests (PI: Prof. Fuxing Gan, Funded by NSFC).

Representative Results:

2015:

[1] Xuhui Mao,* Rui Jianga, Wei Xiao, Jiaguo Yu,Use of surfactants for the remediation of contaminated soils: A review, Journal of Hazardous Materials,2015,285:419–435.

[2] Nuo Yang, Jiaxing Cui, Lieyu Zhang, Wei Xiao, Akram N. Alshawabkeh,Xuhui Mao*,Iron electrolysis-assisted peroxymonosulfate chemical oxidation for the remediation of chlorophenol-contaminated groundwater,Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology,2015,DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4659.

[3]Shun Gao, Jiaxin Cui ,Wei Xiao, Ying Xiong , Dihua Wang, Akram Alshawabkeh,Xuhui Mao*, Synergetic effect of the mineralization of organic contaminants by a combined use of permanganate and peroxymonosulfate, Separation and Purification Technology,2015,DOI:10.1016/j.seppur.2015.02.035.

2014:

[1] Huayi Yin, Beihu Lu, Yin Xu,Diyong Tang, Xuhui Mao,*,Wei Xiao, Dihua Wang,* Akram N. Alshawabkeh,Harvesting Capacitive Carbon by Carbonization of Waste Biomass in Molten Salts, Environmental Science & Technology,DOI:10.1021/es501739v.

[2] Lili Gao, Xuhui Mao*, Hua zhua, Wei Xiao, Fuxing Gana, Dihua Wang,* Electropolymerization of PEDOT on CNTs conductive networkassembled at water/oil interface, Electrochimica Acta,136 (2014) 97–104.

[3] Dingding Tang, Nuo Yang, Yijia Yang, Xin Zhang, Wei Xiao, Dihua Wang, Xuhui Mao,* Akram N. Alshawabkeh, Enhanced adsorption of aqueous perchlorate on quaternary ammonium chloride surfactant-modified activated carbon fibers,Desalination and Water Treatment,2014,doi: 10.1080/19443994.2014.914445.

[4]Lili Gao, Huayi Yin, Hua Zhu, Xuhui Mao*, Fuxing Gan, Dihua Wang, Separation of dispersed carbon nanotubes from water: Effect of pH and surfactants on the aggregation at oil/water interface, Separation and Purification Technology,129 (2014) 113–120.

[5]Dingding Tang, Yuwei Zhao, Yixin Wang, Yijia Yang, Dongyang Li, Tianwei Peng, Xuhui Mao*, Defluorination from aqueous solution by Ti(IV) modified granular active carbon Desalination & Water Treatment, 2014, doi: 10.1080/19443994.2014.910839.

[6]Dingding Tang, Yixin Wang, Yuwei Zhao, Yijia Yang, Lieyu Zhang, Xuhui Mao* ,Effect of the composition of Ti alloy on the photocatalytic activities of Ti-based oxide nanotube arrays prepared by anodic oxidation,Applied Surface Science,2014,10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.07.149.

2013:

[1] K. Baek, A. Ciblak, X.H. Mao, E.J. Kim, A. Alshawabkeh, Iron anode mediated transformation of selenate in sand columns, Water Research, 47 (2013) 6538-6545.

[2] M. Li, H. Zhu, X.H. Mao, W. Xiao, D.H. Wang, Electropolymerization of polypyrrole at the three-phase interline: Influence of polymerization conditions, Electrochimica Acta, 92 (2013) 108-116.

[3] M. Liu, X.H. Mao, H. Zhu, A. Lin, D.H. Wang, Water and corrosion resistance of epoxy-acrylic-amine waterborne coatings: Effects of resin molecular weight, polar group and hydrophobic segment, Corrosion Science, 75 (2013) 106-113.

[4] D.Y. Tang, H.Y. Yin, X.H. Mao, W. Xiao, D.H. Wang, Effects of applied voltage and temperature on the electrochemical production of carbon powders from CO2 in molten salt with an inert anode, Electrochimica Acta, 114 (2013) 567-573.

[5] H.Y. Yin, X.H. Mao, D.Y. Tang, W. Xiao, L.R. Xing, H. Zhu, D.H. Wang, D.R. Sadoway, Capture and electrochemical conversion of CO2 to value-added carbon and oxygen by molten salt electrolysis, Energy & Environmental Science, 6 (2013) 1538-1545.

[6] H.Y. Yin, W. Xiao, X.H. Mao, W.F. Wei, H. Zhu, D.H. Wang, Template-free electrosynthesis of crystalline germanium nanowires from solid germanium oxide in molten CaCl2-NaCl, Electrochimica Acta, 102 (2013) 369-374.

[7] S.H. Yuan, M.J. Chen, X.H. Mao, A.N. Alshawabkeh, Effects of Reduced Sulfur Compounds on Pd-Catalytic Hydrodechlorination of Trichloroethylene in Groundwater by Cathodic H-2 under Electrochemically Induced Oxidizing Conditions, Environmental Science & Technology, 47 (2013) 10502-10509.

2012:

[1] Xuhui Mao, S. H. Yuan, N. Fallahpour, A. Ciblak, J. Howard, I. Padilla, R. Loch-Caruso, and A. N. Alshawabkeh. Electrochemically Induced Dual Reactive Barriers for Transformation of TCE and Mixture of Contaminants in Groundwater, Environmental Science & Technology, 46(2012), 12003-12011.

[2] Xuhui Mao, J. Wang, A. Ciblak, E.E. Cox, C. Riis, M. Terkelsen, D.B. Gent, A.N. Alshawabkeh, Electrokinetic-enhanced bioaugmentation for remediation of chlorinated solvents contaminated clay, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 213 (2012) 311-317.

[3] Xuhui Mao, A. Ciblak, K. Baek, M. Amiri, R. Loch-Caruso, A.N. Alshawabkeh, Optimization of electrochemical dechlorination of trichloroethylene in reducing electrolytes, Water Research, 46 (2012) 1847-1857.

[4] S.H. Yuan, Xuhui Mao, A.N. Alshawabkeh, Efficient Degradation of TCE in Groundwater Using Pd and Electro-generated H-2 and O-2: A Shift in Pathway from Hydrodechlorination to Oxidation in the Presence of Ferrous Ions, Environmental Science & Technology, 46 (2012) 3398-3405.

[5] L. Jiang, Xuhui Mao, Degradation of Phenol-containing Wastewater Using an Improved Electro-Fenton Process, International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 7 (2012) 4078-4088.

[6] A. Ciblak, Xuhui Mao, I. Padilla, D. Vesper, I. Alshawabkeh, A.N. Alshawabkeh, Electrode effects on temporal changes in electrolyte pH and redox potential for water treatment, Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part a-Toxic/Hazardous Substances & Environmental Engineering, 47 (2012) 718-726.

2011:

[1] Xuhui Mao, A. Ciblak, M. Amiri, A.N. Alshawabkeh, Redox Control for Electrochemical Dechlorination of Trichloroethylene in Bicarbonate Aqueous Media, Environmental Science & Technology, 45 (2011) 6517-6523.

[2] L. Wei, H. Zhu, Xuhui Mao, F.X. Gan, Electrochemical oxidation process combined with UV photolysis for the mineralization of nitrophenol in saline wastewater, Separation and Purification Technology, 77 (2011) 18-25.

[3] L. Wei, Xuhui Mao, A. Lin, F.X. Gan, PbO2-SnO2 composite anode with interconnected structure for the electrochemical incineration of phenol, Russian Journal of Electrochemistry, 47 (2011) 1394-1398.

[4] W.F. Wei, Xuhui Mao, L.A. Ortiz, D.R. Sadoway, Oriented silver oxide nanostructures synthesized through a template-free electrochemical route, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 21 (2011) 432-438.

[5] H.Y. Yin, L.L. Gao, H. Zhu, Xuhui Mao, F.X. Gan, D.H. Wang, On the development of metallic inert anode for molten CaCl2-CaO System, Electrochimica Acta, 56 (2011) 3296-3302.

[6] L. Jiang, Xuhui Mao, A. Lin, F.X. Gan, Effect of Phosphorated Compounds on Carbon Steel in Eutrophic Fresh Waters, Materials Performance, 50 (2011) 50-54.

[7] L. Jiang, Xuhui Mao, F.X. Gan, Effect of a Pesticide on Corrosion of Carbon Steel in Freshwater, Materials Performance, 50 (2011) 68-71.

Honors & Award:

Luojia young scholar plan