Xiaoyan Ji

About me

General

PhD degrees in Chemical Engineering (2000) and Energy Engineering (2006); Lecturer at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Chemical Technology, P. R. China (2000-2001); Research Scientist at the division of Energy Processes, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Swede (2001-2003); Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kaiserslautern University, Germany (2003-2004); Post Doctorate Fellow, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, USA (2005-2007); Post Doctorate Fellow, Senior researcher/Assistant professor, Associate professor at the Division of Energy Science/Energy Engineering, Luleå University of Technology (LTU), Sweden.

Presently (since 2015), Professor in Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science at LTU, Sweden. Group leader in the area of “Fluidic materials for energy applications”.

Awarded 2nd national prize for scientific progress from the former Chinese Chemical Engineering Ministry in 2001, Bundeskanzler-Fellowship of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany in 2003, and Nordea's scientific 2025 prize.

Research

Expertise: Almost 30-years’ experience of research and development in the area of Chemical Engineering and Energy Engineering. Worked in leading research environments in China, Sweden, Germany, and the United States, gaining broad experience in interdisciplinary research and international collaboration. Research work is from theoretical modeling and experiments to technology development, process simulation and integration.

Created a research group on “Fluidic materials for energy applications”, where CO2 capture and utilization (via electrochemical conversion), electrolytes for batteries, lignin electro-oxidation to promote H2 production have been intensively studied, together with CO2 transportation and geological storage. The research is mainly based on advanced fludic materials, including ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents.

Experience of disseminating results to stakeholders/end users: Extensive and close collaboration with industries and institutes, e.g., SEKAB, Cortus Energy AB, Stena Teknik AB, SMA Mineral AB, Smurfit Westrock AB, MultCon AB, Envigas AB, Future Energy AB, FutureEco AB, Harads Arctic Heat AB, Boden Business Park AB, Talga AB, SSAB, Skellefteå Kraft AB, Biogas Boden AB, Linde Gas AB, RISE and SWERIM, as well as local, regional, national, and international small to medium-sized enterprises (e.g., Sypox, Hydrogenious). Research results have also been shared or discussed with FutureEco AB, LKAB, Ovako AB, Outokumpu AB, Climeon AB, Bodens Energi AB, etc. Above 60 collaborative research projects where end users/stakeholders have participated in about 2/3 of the projects.

On-going projects: https://www.ltu.se/en/research/research-subjects/energy-engineering/ionic-solutions-for-energy-applications.

Members/Experts: Expert of database of outstanding female academics (EU) (2017-), Management committee members of the COST Action CA21101 “COSY” (2022-2027); International advisory board of ERA chain BioMat4Cast (2022-2026); Member of scientific council of Creaternity at LTU (2021-2025), External experts for Biofuel Infrastructure for sharing Knowledge 2 (BRISK2) (2017-2022), Member in research network “COST-EXIL” (2015-2020).

Service: Editor in the journals of Process (2020-); Green Chem Eng. (2021- ); Industrial Chem. & Materials (2022- ); Molecular Chem. & Eng. (2025- ); Review Editorial board in Frontiers in Energy Research (2014- ). Guest Editor for a special issue in the journals of: Chin. J. Chem. Eng. (2021) and J. Chem. Eng. Data (2025); Section editor for Encyclopedia of ionic liquids (2021). Proposal review in the Czech Science Foundation, and National Science Center, Poland, Committee member of Swedish Research Council applications with energy relevance.

Publications: 300+ journal articles and 9 books/book-chapters, ciation of 9046, h-index of 48. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=aVW8MjkAAAAJ&hl=en&scioq=xiaoyan+Ji, ORCID: 0000-0002-0200-9960.

Supervisions: Supervised 16 post-docs (14 as the principal supervisor), 37 PhD students (25 as the principal supervisor), and numerous MSc and BSc students to exam.

Funding: As a main applicant or principal investigator (PI), got funding support from EU, EU regional funding, the Swedish Research Council, VINNOVA, Swedish Energy Agency, STINT, LTU strategy funding, Kempe, Åforsk, etc. as well as from national science foundation in China and AvH in Germany to support the joint research. In total 138 MSEK (13.8 M€) was granted to support her research since 2008.