
Xuejiao Ma, female, born in December 1991 in Handan, Hebei. She holds a Ph.D. in Engineering and is a lecturer as well as a master's supervisor. In 2014, she graduated from Taiyuan University of Technology with a bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering. In 2021, she graduated from China University of Geosciences (Beijing) with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering. From September 2018 to January 2020, she underwent joint doctoral training at Virginia Tech in the United States. In September 2021, she joined Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology, and engaged in teaching and research in the Department of Environmental Engineering.
I. Major Research Areas
1. Development of electrocatalytic environmental remediation materials and their application in nitrogen removal and carbon reduction;
2. Assessment, control, and remediation of groundwater pollution;
3. Electrically assisted advanced oxidation of organic wastewater;
4. Life cycle assessment.
II. Rewards and Honors
1. Ma Xuejiao. The First Prize, Best Demonstration Award and Most Popular Award among Students in the Engineering Group of the "14th Beijing University Young Teachers' Basic Teaching Skills Competition" organized by Beijing Education Union, 2025.
2. Han Yanhe, Hu Jianlong, Feng Shugeng, and Ma Xuejiao. Second Prize in the New Engineering Group of the "1st Teachers' Teaching Innovation Competition of the China Petroleum Education Society", 2024.
III. Research Projects
1. Youth Project of Beijing Natural Science Foundation, Mechanism Study on Pulsed Electric Field Activating Cu-based Electrode for Catalytic Synthesis of Urea from NO3–/CO2. Project Leader, January 2025 – December 2026.
2. School cross-disciplinary research exploration project, Preparation of Ti-MoS2/CeO2/G cathode and its in-situ reduction for carbon dioxide utilization. Project leader, January 2022 - December 2023.
3. Key sub-project of the National Key R&D Program, Comprehensive evaluation and large-scale production of reinforced repair materials. Key Personnel, November 2020 - October 2024.
4. Youth Fund Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, Research on the Chemical/Electrochemical Mechanism of the Solid-Liquid Two-Phase Interface and the Mechanism of Nitrification and Denitrification in the Nitrogen Removal Process from Groundwater Using Nanoelectrodes. Key Personnel, January 2015 - December 2017.
5. General Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China, Distribution Characteristics and Transmission Mechanism of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in the Process of Reclaimed Water Infiltrating into Groundwater. Key Personnel, January 2014 - December 2017.
IV. Representative Publications
1. Han Yanhe*, Wang Haoyi, Wei Mengxiang, Yao Hao, Liu Ting, Ma Xuejiao*. Advanced low-temperature plasma-driven oxidation for mitigating pharmaceutical and personal care products in wastewater: Mechanisms, influencing factors, and reactor configurations. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2025. 520: 165788.
2. Han Yanhe, Li Chun, Wang Jialin, Liu Lina, Ma Xuejiao*, Deng Yifan. Assessing environmental impacts and carbon emissions of promising electrochemical and traditional methods of COD detection. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 2025. 72: 107596.
3. Han Yanhe*, Zhao Qingpeng, Liu Ting, Liu Lina, Ma Xuejiao*, Wang Nannan. Preparation of Ti/RuO2-IrO2 electrodes and their application in broad-spectrum electrochemical detection of COD. Journal of Environmental Management. 2025. 377: 124699.
4. Han Yanhe*, Li Xueao, Yao Hao, Zhao Fan, Al-Dhabi Naif Abdullah, Zhao Qingpeng, Wei Mengxiang, Guo Zhi, Ji Hua, Zhang Lei, Tang Wangwang, Ma Xuejiao*. Fe-C micro-electrolysis supercharged EGSB: Breaking toxicity barriers in waste acid condensate treatment for maximum COD/NH3-N and H2S control. Journal of Water Process Engineering. 2025. 77: 108632.
5. Ma Xuejiao, Li Chun, Fu Xiaolu, Deng Yang, Han Yanhe*, Wang Nannan, Li Zaixing. Theoretical and experimental insights into electrooxidation degradation of bisphenol A: Degradation pathways, toxicity evolution, comparison with phenol on molecular structure influence. Separation and Purification Technology. 2024. 338: 126603.
6. Meng Yuan, Tan Wanli, Lv Shuang, Liu Fang*, Xu Jindun, Ma Xuejiao*, Huang Jia. Enhanced electrochemical nitrate removal from groundwater by simply calcined-TNPs with modified surface characters. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2024. 75: 74-85.
7. Han Yanhe*, Xu Han, Zhang Lei, Ma Xuejiao*, Man Yang, Su Zhimin, Wang Jing. An internal circulation iron–carbon micro-electrolysis reactor for aniline wastewater treatment: Parameter optimization, degradation pathways and mechanism. Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering. 2023. 63: 96-107.
8. Ma Xuejiao, Li Miao, Feng Chuanping, He Zhen*. Electrochemical nitrate removal with simultaneous magnesium recovery from a mimicked RO brine assisted by in situ chloride ions. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2020. 388: 122085.
9. Ma Xuejiao, Li Miao*, Liu Xiang, Wang Lele, Chen Nan, Li Jiacheng, Feng Chuanping. A graphene oxide nanosheet-modified Ti nanocomposite electrode with enhanced electrochemical property and stability for nitrate reduction. Chemical Engineering Journal. 2018. 348: 171-179.
10. Ma Xuejiao, Li Miao*, Meng Fanbin, Wang Lele, Feng Chuanping, Chen Nan, Liu Xiang. Efficient nano titanium electrode via a two-step electrochemical anodization with reconstructed nanotubes: Electrochemical activity and stability. Chemosphere. 2018. 202: 177-183.
11. Ma Xuejiao, Li Miao*, Feng Chuanping, Hu Weiwu, Wang Lele, Liu Xiang*. Development and reaction mechanism of efficient nano titanium electrode: Reconstructed nanostructure and enhanced nitrate removal efficiency. Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry. 2016. 782: 270-277.
V. Patents and Software Copyrights
1. Li Miao, Ma Xuejiao, Ding Guoyu, et al. A method for fabricating Fe-graphene particles assisted by graphene oxide. Invention patent of the People's Republic of China, ZL201510605456.5
2. Liu Xiang, Ma Xuejiao, Liu Fang, et al. A method for efficiently removing nitrate from groundwater using Fe-graphene particles, Chinese invention patent, ZL201510604939.3
3. Li Miao, Ma Xuejiao, Xin Li, et al. A method for fabricating Ti-graphene electrodes using graphene oxide as an auxiliary material, Chinese invention patent, ZL201510605449.5
4. Li Miao, Ma Xuejiao, Wang Lele, et al. A method for efficiently removing nitrate from groundwater using a Ti-graphene electrode, Chinese invention patent, ZL201510604946.3
VI. Admissions Information
I recruit students for a Master's degree in Resource and Environment (0857), specializing in Environmental Pollution Control Engineering. We sincerely welcome students with a strong work ethic, a willingness to innovate, a strong sense of ambition, and a high level of English proficiency from majors such as Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, and Groundwater Science and Engineering to join our team.