INTRODUCTION

 

        Dr. Xin Yang is now a professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Sun Yat-sen University. She received a B.S. in Environmental Science from Nankai University in 2002 and obtained her M.Phil. and Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology at 2004 and 2007, respectively. She was a postdoctoral fellow, working with Prof. Philip C. Singer at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill between 2007 and 2009. She joined Sun Yat-sen University in 2010. She has published over 100 SCI papers and got National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists in 2016. Her research focuses on the formation mechanisms and control strategies of disinfection byproducts in water treatment and the fate of emerging micropollutants in aqueous environments.

 

EDUCATION

  • Ph.d. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong                        09/2004-07/2007

  • M.Phil. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong                     09/2002-06/2004

  • B.S. Nankai University, Tianjin, China                                                                                  09/1998-07/2002

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

  • Professor  – Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China                                          01/2016-now

  • Associate Professor – Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China                          03/2010-12/2016

  • Postdoctoral Fellow – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology      04/2009-03/2010

  • Postdoctoral Fellow – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA                09/2007-03/2009

  • Research Assistant – The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology        09/2004-07/2007

  • Visiting Scholar – The University of New South Wales, Australia                           06/2015-09/2015

  • Visiting Scholar – Mingchi University of Technology, Taiwan                                 04/2007-06/2007       

  • Visiting Scholar – Arizona State University, Tempe, USA                                        03/2005-06/2005

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Chemical/physical water treatment (disinfection, advanced oxidation ……)

  • Formation and control of disinfection byproducts

  • Transfer and transformation of emerging micropollutants 

  • Characterization and reactions of dissolved organic matter

 

AWARDS

  • 2010  New Century Excellent Youth

  • 2013  Program for Distinguished Young Scholar of Sun Yat-sen University

  • 2014  Professional Top Youth for National Environmental Protection

  • 2015  Guangdong Provincial Nature Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar

  • 2016  National Nature Science Funds for Excellent Youth

  • 2020  World's Top 2% Scientists 2020 (by Stanford University)

  • 2020  2020 Highly Cited Chinese Researchers (by Elsevier)