Associate Professor
Yunfei Xi

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Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics


Personal details

Positions

Associate Professor/ARC Mid-Career Industry Fellow
Faculty of Science,
School of Chemistry & Physics

Keywords

Clay minerals, Mineral materials, Environmental remediation, Building materials, Utilisation of solid waste, IR and Raman

Research field

Inorganic Chemistry, Environmental Science and Management, Materials Engineering

Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Qualifications

  • PhD (Queensland University of Technology)

Professional memberships and associations


  • 2023-, Organising Chair for the session “Clay Minerals for Building Products” for the 58th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society (USA, CMS) and the 5th Asian Clay Conference, to be jointly held in Hawaii in June 2024.
  • 2021-, Committee Member of the Clay Minerals Society (USA) Program Development Committee.
  • 2020-, Organising Committee Member for the 58th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society (USA, CMS) and the 5th Asian Clay Conference, to be jointly held in Hawaii in June 2024.
  • 2020, co-Chair of “Clays and Functional Materials Session”, 4th Asian Clay Conference, Thailand, 8-9th June 2020.
  • 2020-, Program Leader of “Energy efficiency and recovery”, the Centre for Clean Energy Technologies and Practices, QUT.
  • 2020-, Chief Investigator of the Centre for Materials Science, QUT.
  • 2019-, Committee member (representing EEBS) of the International and Engagement Advisory Group, QUT.
  • 2019-, Editorial Board Member of “Minerals” (MDPI, Switzerland) and “International journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials” (Springer).
  • 2018, co-Convenor of ‘Mineral Materials Session’, XXII Meeting of the International Mineralogical Association, Melbourne, Australia, 13-17th August 2018.
  • 2016, Chair of ‘Clays and Environments’ session, Organising Committee Member for the 3rd Asian Clay Conference, Guangzhou, China, 17-20th November 2016.
  • 2014-, Committee Member/Representative of QLD, Australian Clay Minerals Society, Australia.
  • External assessor for: Australian Research Council; the German-Israeli Water Technology Cooperation Program; the United States – Israel Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund; and the Czech Science Foundation.
  • Reviewer for more than 250 pre-publications from 65 peer-reviewed international journals (Source: Publon/Web of Science), 2018 Top Reviewers Award for Cross-Field, and nine Outstanding Reviewer Awards from Elsevier.

Teaching

I am a teaching team member for ERB205 (Earth Materials) and ERB301 (Chemical Earth) at the school of earth and atmospheric sciences. Other undergraduate practical and project teaching:

  • Environmental Analytical Chemistry: CVB313_15se2 (20 July 2015 – 14 November 2015).
  • Analytical Chemistry: CVB202_15se1(23 February 2015 – 23 June 2015).
  • Analytical Chemistry: CVB202_14se1 (24 February 2014 – 24 June 2014).
  • Nanotechnology and Nanoscience: PQB404_13se2 (22 July 2013 – 16 November 2013).
  • Analytical Chemistry for Scientists and Technologists: PQB312_13se2 (22 July 2013 – 16 November 2013).
  • Analytical Chemistry for Scientists and Technologists: PQB312_13se1 (25 February 2013 – 25 June 2013).
  • Chemical research – PQB642, Thesis: Synthesis and characterisation of organoclays specifically designed for the removal of pollutants from water, Ms. Emily Grundgeider, 14/08/2013 – 03/11/2013;
  • Chemical research - PQB642, Thesis: Synthesis and characterisation of nano zero-valent iron supported palygorskite specifically designed for the removal of simazine from water, Ms. Yachna Soni, 14/08/2014 – 03/11/2014;
  • Chemical research - PQB642, Thesis: Removal of atrazine from aqueous solution using diatomite-supported nano zero-valent iron, Ms. Choyi Tang, 14/08/2014 – 03/11/2014;
  • Industry project – SCB500, Report: Synthesis and characterisation of nano zero-valent iron supported Palygorskite applied with an advanced Fenton process specifically designed for the decolourisation of Orange II from water, Ms. Yachna Soni,  17/03/2015 - 12/06/2015;
  • Mr Nathan Makelainen, Mr Edward Nevin, Mr Jack Cossart and Mr Daniel Rogers ‘Capstone’– Chemical research - CVB304, 2015.

Publications

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A complete list of publications is available at: https://www.qut.edu.au/about/our-people/academic-profiles/y.xi

Selected research projects

Projects listed above are funded by Australian Competitive Grants. Projects funded from other sources are not listed due to confidentiality agreements.

Supervision