PERSONAL PROFILE

XiLiureceived his Ph.D. degreefrom Tianjin University andistheprofessor at the Institute of Blue and Green Development, ShandongUniversity.Her research focuses on energy, resources and environment management and policy analysis, particularly about the sustainable development of the energy industry. Shehas published over20 papers ininternationaljournals, includingNature Communications,Environmental Science & Technology,Water Researchand so on.She serves as theprincipal investigatorforfiveresearchprojects,includingthe Young Scientists Project ofNational NaturalScience Foundation ofChina, the Youth Fund Project of the Ministry of Education of Humanities and Social Science, theGeneral Projectof China Postdoctoral ScienceFoundation, and the Young Scientists Project of the Natural ScienceFoundation of Shandong Province.

Publications

[1] J. Li, C. Wang, J. Guo, Y. Xin, N. Zhang,X. Liu*, K. Feng*, 2024. Promoting sustainable development goals by optimizing city-level solar photovoltaic deployment in China. Environmental Science & Technology,58(12): 5196–5209.

[2] R. Fu#, K. Peng#, P. Wang, H. Zhong, B. Chen, P. Zhang, Y. Zhang, D. Chen,X. Liu*, K. Feng*, J. Li*, 2023. Tracing metal footprints via global renewable power value chains. Nature Communications, 14: 3703.

[3]X. Liu, H. Du*, X. Zhang*, K. Feng*, X. Zhao, H. Zhong, N. Zhang, Z. Chen, 2023. Assessing Transboundary Impacts of Energy-Driven Water Footprint on Scarce Water Resources in China: Catchments Under Stress and Mitigation Options. Environmental Science & Technology, 57, 26, 9639–9652.

[4] Z. Qi, Y. Han, S. Afrane,X. Liu*, M. Zhang, J. Crittenden, J. Chen, G. Mao, 2023. Patent mining on soil pollution remediation technology from the perspective of technological trajectory. Environmental Pollution, 316: 120661.

[5]X. Liu#, H. Du#, L. Tang*, X. Bo*, J. Li, J. Zuo, M.A. Brown, M. Jia, K. Feng*, 2022. Relocating industrial plants delivers win-win emission-reduction benefits to origin and destination regions. Environmental Science & Technology, 56(22): 16043–16054.

[6] G. Mao, Y. Han,X. Liu*, J. Crittenden, N. Huang, U.M. Ahmad, 2022. Technology status and trends of industrial wastewater treatment: A patent analysis. Chemosphere, 288(2): 132483.

[7] C. Wang, K. Feng,X. Liu*, P. Wang*, W. Chen, J. Li*, 2021. Looming challenge of photovoltaic waste under China’s solar ambition: A spatial-temporal assessment. Applied Energy, 118186.

[8] H. Du, Q. Li,X. Liu*, B. Peng, F. Southworth, 2021. Costs and potentials of reducing CO2 emissions in China’s transport sector: Findings from an energy system analysis. Energy, 234: 121163.

[9] G. Mao, H. Hu,X. Liu*, J. Crittenden, N. Huang, 2020. A bibliometric analysis of industrial wastewater treatments from 1998 to 2019. Environmental Pollution, 115785.

[10]X. Liu, H. Du*, Z. Zhang*, J. Crittenden, M.L. Lahr, J. Moreno-Cruz, D. Guan, Z. Mi, J. Zuo, 2019. Can virtual water trade save water resources? Water Research, 163: 114848.

[11]X. Liu, H. Du, M. Brown, J. Zuo, G. Mao, 2018. Low-carbon technology diffusion in the decarbonization of the power sector: Policy implications. Energy Policy, 116: 344-356