Education
Southeast University, China, 2005, Ph.D.
Southeast University, China, 1997, Master
Xi`an Jiaotong University, China, 1994, Bachelor
Working Experience
1997/4–2008/4 Southeast University Assistant Professor
2007/3–2008/3 University of Kentucky Visiting scientist
2008/5–now Southeast University Professor
2012/1-now key laboratory of Energy Thermal Conversion and Control of Ministry of Education Director
2013/1-now Cheung Kong Scholars Program Distinguished Professor
2014/3-2014/5 University of Cambridge Visiting Professor
2014/1-2016/12 School of Energy and Environment Vice Dean
2014/1-now Biomass Energy Committee of Renewable Energy Society Standing Director
2015/1-now Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics Member
2016/1-now Department of Energy and Transportation of the Ministry of Education Member
2017/1-now School of Energy and Environment Dean
2017/1-now《Fuel Processing Technology》Associate Editor
Research Interests
Clean utilization of coal and biomass;
Combustion and power systems;
Chemical-looping combustion of coal, CO2 capture;
Biomass pyrolysis and gasification, Biofuels;
Energy efficiency;
Processing modeling;
He has published more than 180 peer-reviewed papers in referred journals (more than 4000 citations with h-index 33), including Science, Energy Environ. Sci., Combust. Flame, and applied for 40 patents (Invention), of which 30 were granted.
Prof. Rui Xiao is the winner of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and is currently employed by the ministry of education as a Chang Jiang Scholars Distinguished Professor in 2012. He was honored with Second Award of Science and Technology Progress of China, First Award of Natural Science of the Ministry of Education, First Award of Science and Technology Progress of Jiangsu Province, etc. He received the special allowance of the State Council of China.