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Name: Dawei Li

Title: Aassociated professor/Master's Supervisor

Work address: Room C402, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, 210044, China

Major: Environment Engineering 

E-mail: daweili@nuist.edu.cn

Education& Work Experiences:

2002/09–2006/06

B.Sc., Kuang Yaming Honors School, Nanjing University

2006/09–2011/08

Ph.D., School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University

2011/09–2013/11

Research Associate, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University

2013/12-2020/09

Research Associate, School of Environment, Nanjing University

2020/09-now

Lecturer, Aassociated professor, Department of Environment engineering, School of Environmental   Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology

Research Interests:

Ø  Pollution control and resource reuse for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in industry field.

Ø  Advanced oxidation processes for industrial wastewater.

Ø  Green production technology.

Representative Publications:

1、Yangfan Xia, Xu Huang, Kaiqiang Wu, Yechao Tian, Yifan Shen, Jifa Zhang, Yongjie Chen, Dawei Li*, Feihu Li

Carbon quantum dots as efficient cocatalysts in Fenton-like processes: Preparation optimization and mechanistic insights

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 489, 137607, 2025

2、Zhiyan Liang, Qingyun Yan, Huase Ou, Dawei Li, Yayun Zhang, Jinlong Zhang, Lixi Zeng, and Mingyang Xing*

Effective green treatment of sewage sludge from Fenton reactions: Utilizing MoS2 for sustainable resource recovery

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(9), e2317394121, 2024

3、Dawei Li, Xinyue Zhang, Yibing Sun, Yuanqing Bu*, Hongchao Li*, Jieshu Qian

Investigating the evolution of reactive species in the CuO-mediated peroxymonosulfate activation process

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 465, 133425, 2024

4、Dawei Li, Andrea O. Ramos, Alseny Bah, Feihu Li*

Valorization of lead-zinc mine tailing waste through geopolymerization: Synthesis, mechanical, and microstructural properties

Journal of Environmental Management, 349, 119501, 2024

5、Xv Huang, Yechao Tian, Aimin Li, Yifan Feng, Dawei Li*

Low-crystalline FeOx on carboxylic CNTs as high-performance Fenton-like catalysts: Influence of crystallinity and carbon matrix

Journal of Cleaner Production, 429, 139531, 2023

6、Xv Huang, Xiaohu Fan, Aimin Li, Yechao Tian, Dawei Li*

Bisthiourea immobilized UiO-66-NH₂ supported Fe₂O₃ nanoparticles to accelerate dual centers Fenton-like reaction

Science of The Total Environment, 162651, 2023

7、Jinli Qiu¹, Dawei Li¹, ShiChao Jing, Huan Qiu, Fuqiang Liu*

Advanced technique of catalytic ozonation-enhanced coagulation for the efficient removal of low coagulability refractory organics from secondary effluent

Chemosphere, 303, 135157, 2022

8、Jinli Qiu, Wenting Zheng, Ranran Yuan, Cailiang Yue, Dawei Li*, Fuqiang Liu*, Junjie Zhu

A novel 3D nanofibrous aerogel-based MoS₂@Co₃S₄ heterojunction photocatalyst for water remediation and hydrogen evolution under simulated solar irradiation

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 264, 118514, 2020

9、Chirag B. Godiya, Xiao Cheng, Dawei Li*, Zhan Chen, Xiaolin Lu*

Carboxymethyl cellulose/polyacrylamide composite hydrogel for cascaded treatment/reuse of heavy metal ions in wastewater

Journal of Hazardous Materials, 364, 28, 2019

10、Chirag B. Godiya, Ma Liang, Sayed Mir Sayed, Dawei Li*, Xiaolin Lu*

Novel alginate/polyethyleneimine hydrogel adsorbent for cascaded removal and utilization of Cu²⁺ and Pb²⁺ ions

Journal of Environmental Management, 232, 829, 2019

11、Chirag B. Godiya, Xiao Cheng, Guozhe Deng, Dawei Li*, Xiaolin Lu*

Silk fibroin/polyethylenimine functional hydrogel for metal ion adsorption and upcycling utilization

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 7(1), 102806, 2019

Course for students:

Ø  Air pollution control project

Ø  Water and Wastewater Piping System

Ø  Environment monitoring