Qiyuan Li

Dr. Qiyuan Li is a postdoctoral research associate in the Particle and Catalysis Research Group. He has received a Ph.D. degree from the school of mechanical engineering, UNSW in 2016. He worked in the UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology from 2016 to 2019 and joined PartCat in 2019. His research focused on developing solar powered catalytic module/system for water treatment, hydrogen production, CO2 capture and utilization. 

He has successfully supervised/co-supervised 2 PhD students and 20+ undergraduate/master students in the field of solar energy and desalination. Currently he co-supervises 2 PhD students and 1 Taste of Research student. He has published 35 journal papers, 3 book chapters and 10 conference publications in the field of energy and environmental (e.g. Energy & Environmental Science, Applied Energy, Water Research), and holds 2 granted Chinese patents and 1 European patent. When he was a Ph.D. student, he has received ‘Winner of UNSW Student Innovator of the Year 2014’, ‘UNSW Innovation Awards 2014’.