Contact Information:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1 Cyclotron Road, MS 90-1116
Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone: 609-240-5638
Fax: 510-486-5686
Email:
lili@lbl.gov
Li Li, Ph.D.
Research scientist
Geochemistry Department
Earth Sciences Division
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Education
Ph.D. Princeton University 2005
Environmental Engineering
M.Sc. Nanjing University (P.R.China) 1999
Environmental Chemistry
B.Sc. Nanjing University (P.R.China) 1996
Environmental Chemistry
Research Interests
My research focuses on contaminant reactive transport in natural systems, an interdisciplinary area integrating elements of biogeochemistry, environmental engineering, and subsurface contaminant hydrology. I am particularly interested in (bio)geochemical reactions in natural porous media (such as soils, sediments, and aquifers) that have major impacts on water quality and on natural attenuation and remediation processes. Such reactions include, for example, mineral dissolution and precipitation, redox reactions, organic contaminant biodegradation, surface complexation, and ion exchange.
One research direction I am particularly interested in is the environmental impacts of energy-related contaminants on water quality and sustainability of water resources. I have been involved in research on geological CO2 sequestration, uranium bioremediation, and uranium transport and fate in contaminated aquifers and soils.
Specifically, my research interests include the following:
- Geological CO2 sequestration
- Uranium bioremediation
- Nulcear waste disposal
- Radionuclide reactive transport in natural porous media
- Environmental impacts of bioenergy production
- Biodegradation of organic contaminants
- Multicomponent reactive transport in heterogeneous porous media
- Pore-scale network modeling of environmental kinetics
- Reaction pathways of microbially mediated iron reductive dissolution
- Molecular modeling and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR)
- Multi-scale modeling and upscaling theory