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Li, Baoan
Title: Professor
Address: School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
Office Phone: 86-22-27403584
Email: libaoan@tju.edu.cn

Dr. Baoan Li, a professor in Chemical Engineering at Tianjin University, is engaging in the frontier researches of membrane distillation, membrane aeration bioreactor, heat conductive polymer, membrane materials and membrane manufacture, and their applications. He got Ph.D. at Tianjin University, and worked as a postdoctorial researcher at Telemark University College (Norway) and New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) (USA), and as a senior scientist at Proctor & Gamble (P&G) China and Zenon Environmental Inc. (Canada, current GE-Zenon). 
Representative publications
 1. Ziyi Wang, Linquan Sun, Xin Li, Baoan Li*, and Shichang Wang, Preparation And Characterization Of Thermal Conductive Composite Membranes Of Aligned Esterified Carbon Nanotubes/Poly(vinylidene fluoride),Polymer-Plastics Technology and Engineering (2015),  54, 515-522,.
2. Linquan Sun, Li Wang, Ziyi Wan, Baoan Li*, ShichangWang,Characteristics analysis of cross flow vacuum membrane distillation process,Journal of Membrane Science (April, 2015), 488, 30–39.
3. Hai-Long Tian, Jie-Yu Zhao, Hong-Yu Zhang, Chang-Qiao Chi, Bao-An Li & Xiao-Lei Wu, Bacterial community shift along with the changes in operational conditions in a membrane-aerated biofilm reactor, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (April 2015), 99(7), 3279-3290.
4. Peng Li, Dexi Zhao, Yunge Zhang, Linquan Sun, Huimin Zhang, Meirong Lian, Baoan Li, Oil-field wastewater treatment by hybrid membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) system, Chemical Engineering Journal (2015), 264, 595-602. 
5. Ziyi Wang, Linquan Sun, Qin Wang, Baoan Li*, “A novel approach to fabricate interconnected sponge-like and highly permeable Polyvinylidene fluoride hollow fiber membranes for direct contact membrane distillation”, European Polymer Journal (2014), 60, 262-272.
6. Jun Lu, Baoan Li*, Li Wang, Yue Wang, Shichang Wang, “Utilization of ammonia-containing wastewater by combining membrane absorption and vacuum membrane distillation”, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (2014.2), 89(2), 312-321. 
7. Xiujuan Yan, Baoan Li*, Baoliang Liu, Jie Zhao, Yue Wang, Hao Li, “Analysis of improved novel hollow fiber heat exchanger”, Applied Thermal Engineering(2014), 67, 114-121. 
8. Li Wang,   Hongtao Wang,  Baoan Li*,  Yue Wang,  Shichang Wang, “Novel design of liquid distributors for VMD performance improvement based on cross-flow membrane module”, Desalination (2014.3), 336, 80-86. 
9. Li Wang, Baoan Li*, Xiaofei Gao, Qin Wang, Jun Lu, Yue Wang, Shichang Wang, “Study of Membrane Fouling in Cross-flow Vacuum Membrane Distillation”, Separation and Purification Technology (2014.1), 122, 133–143. 
10. Zhenyu Song, Lei Li, Hongtao Wang, Baoan Li*, Shichang Wang, “DCMD flux curve characteristics of cross-flow hollow fiber membrane”, Desalination (2013.8), 323, 107–113.
11. Jing Zhang, Zhenyu Song, Baoan Li*, Qin Wang, Shichang Wang, “Fabrication and characterization of superhydrophobic poly (vinylidene fluoride) membrane for direct contact membrane distillation”, Desalination (2013), 324, 1–9. 
12. Jie Zhao, Baoan Li*, Xin Li, Yuchun Qin, Chang Li, Shichang Wang, “Numerical simulation of novel polypropylene hollow fiber heat exchanger and analysis of its characteristics”, Applied Thermal Engineering (2013) , 59, 134-141.
13. Feifei Hou, Baoan Li*, Minghao Xing, Qin Wang, Liang Hu, Shichang Wang,  “Surface modification of PVDF hollow fiber membrane and its application in membrane aerated biofilm reactor (MABR)”, Bioresource Technology (2013), 140, 1-9.
14. Bingwei Qi , Baoan Li *, and Shichang Wang, “Investigation of Shell Side Heat Transfer in Cross-Flow Designed Vacuum Membrane Distillation Module”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (I&EC Research) (2012), 51 (35), 11463–11472. 
15. Xin Wei, Baoan Li*, Song Zhao, Li Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Chang Li, Shichang Wang, “Pharmaceutical wastewater treatment by an integrated membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (MABR) system -A pilot-scale study”, Bioresource Technology (2012), 122, 189-195. 
16. Zhenyu Song, Baoan Li*, “Determination of phase diagram of a ternary PVDF/γ-BL/DOP system in TIPS process and its application in preparing hollow fiber membranes for membrane distillation”, Separation and Purification Technology  (2012), 90, 221–230. 
17. Yuchun Qin, Baoan Li*, and Shichang Wang, “Experimental Investigation of a Novel Polymeric Heat Exchanger Using Modified Polypropylene Hollow Fibers”, Ind.Eng.Chem. Res. (I&EC Research) (2012), 51, 882–890. 
18. Hongtao Wang, Baoan Li*, Li Wang, Shasha Song, Jixiao Wang, Yakai Feng, and Shichang Wang, “Permeate Flux Curve Characteristics Analysis of Cross-Flow Vacuum Membrane Distillation”, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (I&EC R) (2012), 51, 487–494. 
19. Xin Wei, Baoan Li*, Song Zhao, Chengcheng Qiang, Hongyu Zhang, Shichang Wang, “COD and nitrogen removal in facilitated transfer membrane-aerated biofilm reactor (FT-MABR)”, Journal of Membrane Science (2012), 389, 257–264.