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Ruihua LI, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Environment
Nanjing University
Email: liruihua@hgbetting.com
Education
Ph.D., Tsinghua University, Civil Engineering (2003)
M.S., University of Science and Technology Beijing, Mineral Processing (1992)
B.S. Wuhan Institute of Technology, Mineral Processing (1989)
Professional Experience
2005/12-present, Lecturer/Associate Professor, School of the Environment, Nanjing University
2011/10-2013/9, Marie Curie Fellow, School of Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway
2003/7-2005/12, Post-doctoral, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
1992/3-1999/8, Assistant/Lecturer, Department of Mining, University of Science and Technology Beijing
Research Interests
Sulfur autotrophic denitrification
Constructed wetland
Environmental mineral material
Teaching
Water supply and drainage design
Selected Publications
Ruihua Li*, Mengsha Guan, Wei Wang. Simultaneous arsenite and nitrate removal from simulated groundwater based on pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification. Water Research 2020, 189, 116662.
Ruihua Li*, Dongyang Wei, Wei Wang, Yongwei Zhang. Pyrrhotite-sulfur autotrophic denitrification for deep and efficient nitrate and phosphate removal: Synergistic effects, secondary minerals and microbial community shifts. Bioresource Technology 2020, 308, 123302.
Ying Liang, Dongyang Wei, Junsong Hu, Jing Zhang, Zhuo Liu, Aimin Li, Ruihua Li*. Glyphosate and nutrients removal from simulated agricultural runoff in a pilot pyrrhotite constructed wetland. Water Research 2020, 168, 115154.
Wei Wang, Dongyang Wei, Fuchang Li, Yongwei Zhang, Ruihua Li*. Sulfur-siderite autotrophic denitrification system for simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal: From feasibility to pilot experiments. Water Research 2019, 160, 52-59.
Yongwei Zhang, Dongyang Wei, Liam Morrison, Zhibin Ge, Xinmin Zhan, Ruihua Li*. Nutrient removal through pyrrhotite autotrophic denitrification:Implications for eutrophication control. Science of the Total Environment 2019, 662, 287-296.
Zhibin Ge, Dongyang Wei, Jing Zhang, Junsong Hu, Zhuo Liu, Ruihua Li*, Natural pyrite to enhance simultaneous long-term nitrogen and phosphorus removal in constructed wetland: Three years of pilot study. Water Research 2019, 148, 153-161.
Ruihua Li∗, Liam Morrison, Gavin Collins, Aimin Li, Xinmin Zhan*,Simultaneous nitrate and phosphate removal from wastewater lacking organic matter through microbial oxidation of pyrrhotite coupled to nitrate reduction. Water Research 2016, 96, 32-41.
Ruihua Li*, Yulin Yuan, Xinmin Zhan, Bo Liu. Phosphorus removal in a sulfur–limestone autotrophic denitrification (SLAD) biofilter. Environ Sci Pollut Res 2014, 21, 972-978.
Ruihua Li*, Jianmin Niu, Xinmin Zhan and Bo Liu. Simultaneous removal of nitrogen and phosphorus from wastewater by means of FeS-based autotrophic denitrification. Water Science & Technology 2013, 67, 2761-2767.
Ruihua Li*, Lin Zhu, Tao Tao, Bo Liu. Phosphorus removal performance of acid mine drainage from wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2011, 190, 669-676.
Selected Patents
Ruihua Li, et al. Method for preparing siderite modified sulfur light material and the use thereof. ZL201910326682.8.
Ruihua Li, et al. Method for preparing light-weight and slow-release material for nitrogen and phosphorus removal and the use thereof. ZL201910326701.7.
Ruihua Li, et al. Method for preparing calcium and magnesium carbonate powder modified sulfur light material and the use thereof. ZL201910332916.X.
Ruihua Li, et al. Biological permeable reactive barrier for simultaneous nitrogen, phosphorus and arsenic removal. ZL201811453849.9.
Ruihua Li, et al. Autotrophic denitrification biofilter with coupling filler and the use thereof. ZL201811034113.8.
Ruihua Li, et al. Siderite/sulfur biofilter and method for utilizing same to simultaneously nitrogen and phosphorus from water. ZL201710636553.X.
Ruihua Li, et al. Constructed wetland utilizing mineral to treat wastewater with low ratio of carbon and nitrogen. ZL201210502501.0.
Ruihua Li, et al. Method of pyrite as biochemical filler to simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus. ZL201010524339.3.
Ruihua Li, et al. Natural pyrrhotite biological filter and method for utilizing same to synchronously remove nitrate-nitrogen and phosphorus from water. US10,239,774B2.
Ruihua Li, et al. Method for preparing simultaneous nitrogen andphosphorus removal lightweight material and the use thereof. 16/720428 (Notice of Allowability received).
Awards
The 2nd class Award, National S&T Progress Awards, 2019
The 1st class award, Environmental S&T Award, 2018
FP7 Marie Curie International Incoming Fellow, 2010
