Hernandez Hall, Room 233

Education

• Ph.D. in Hydrosciences – Ecole Nationale du Génie Rural, des Eaux et des Forêts (ENGREF), Paris, France
• MS in Water and Wastewater Engineering – Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China
• BS in Environmental Engineering – Xi’an University of Architecture & Technology, China

Professional History

• 9/19 to Present – Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University
• 8/16 to 8/19 – Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University
• 01/13 to 8/16 – Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University
• 04/10 to 12/13 – Research Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
• 01/04 to 04/10 – Research Assistant Professor, Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
• 10/02 to 12/03 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, Environmental Science and Engineering Division, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO
• 04/02 to 09/02 – Postdoctoral Research Associate, National Centre of Sciences and Research (CNRS), Montpellier, France
• 03/99 to 03/02 – Research Associate, Institute of Water Sciences, University of Montpellier II, France
• 02/98 to 02/99 – Visiting Researcher, CIRSEE (International Research Centre on Water and Environment), Suez Water Technologies & Solutions, Le Pecq, France
• 12/92 to 02/98 – Lecturer, Department of Environmental Engineering, Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China

Research Interests

• Water and wastewater engineering
• Membrane processes
• Desalination
• Potable and non-potable water reuse
• Produced water treatment
• Oxidation and photocatalysis
• Biological and bioelectrochemical processes
• Removal of emerging contaminants
• Membrane fouling

Select Publications

Jiang, W., Lin, L., Xu. X., Cheng, X., Zhang, Y., Hall, R., Xu, P. (2021). A Critical Review of Analytical Methods for Comprehensive Characterization of Produced Water. Water, 2021, 13(2), 183; https://doi.org/10.3390/w13020183

Jiang, W., Lin, L.,  Henkanatte Gedara, S.M., Schaub, T.M., Jarvis, J.M., Wang, X., Xu, X., Nirmalakhandana, N., Xu., P. (2020) Potable-quality water recovery from primary effluent through a coupled algal-osmosis membrane system. Chemosphere, 240, 124883

Geza, M., Ma, G., Kim, H., Cath, T.Y., Xu, P. (2018). iDST: An integrated decision support tool for treatment and beneficial use of non-traditional water supplies – Part I. Methodology. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 25, 236-246.

Xu, X, He, Q., Ma, G*., Wang, H., Nirmalakhandan, N., Xu, P. (2018). Selective separation of mono-and di-valent cations in electrodialysis during brackish water desalination: Bench and pilot-scale studies. Desalination 428, 146-160.

Xu, P., Cath, T., Robertson, A.P., Reinhard, M., Leckie, J.O., Drewes, J.E. (2013). Critical review of desalination concentrate management, treatment and beneficial use. Environmental Engineering Science, 30(8), 502-514.

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