Jianbing (Jason) Li,
PhD, P.Eng., Professor, FCSCE, FCSSE Office: 10-2510 Phone: (250) 960-6397 E-mail: Jianbing.Li@unbc.ca Address: Environmental Engineering Program University of Northern
British Columbia 3333
University Way, Prince George, British
Columbia, Canada V2N 4Z9
Biography
Dr. Jianbing Li is a professor and
professional engineer in the Environmental Engineering program. He received his
PhD degree in environmental systems engineering from the University of Regina. He has
research interests in environmental pollution control, petroleum waste
management, contaminated soil and groundwater remediation, environmental
modeling and decision analysis, environmental risk assessment, and oil spill
response. He has produced more than 300 publications in international journals
and conferences, including over 200 refereed journal publications, with an
h-index of 48 (Google Scholar). His research has been supported by various
organizations, including NSERC, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), Natural
Resources Canada (NRCan), BC Ministry of Forests, BC
Oil and Gas Commission, and Geoscience BC. He obtained the 2013 Northern BC
Business and Technology Award (Collaborative Research Award with Husky Energy),
the 2010, 2014, 2019 and 2023 UNBC Research Excellence Award, the 2013 UNBC
Achievement Award in Professional Practice and Mentorship, and the 2023 Dr.
Albert E. Berry Medal (award to a CSCE member who made an outstanding
contribution to the field of environmental engineering in Canada) (https://csce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/2023-CSCE-Awards-Booklet.pdf).
Dr. Li was nominated for the 2022 and 2023 CUFA BC Ehor Boyanowsky Academic of the Year Award. He served as a
member of NSERC’s Research Tool and Instruments Selection Committee for Civil,
Industrial and Systems Engineering in 2016-2021, and the Committee Chair for
the 2021 competition. He is currently serving as a member of NSERC’s Discovery
Grants Evaluation Group 1509 (Civil, Industrial and Systems Engineering). He
has been a member of the Academic Examiners Subcommittee with Engineers &
Geoscientists BC (EGBC) since 2017. He has served as the co-director of the UNBC/UBC environmental
engineering program for 4 years (2013-2017). He served as a guest editor
for five international journals and is currently an Associate Editor or
Editorial Board member of seven journals. He was the inaugural Chair of
the Northern British Columbia Section of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). Dr. Li was
named a CSCE Fellow in 2022 and a CSSE Fellow in
2023.
Supervision of Graduate Students
Related News and Research
Highlights
1) “UNBC professor has received over $800,000 in funding for oil spill response in Canada” (Nov 8, 2023) (https://ckpgtoday.ca/2023/11/08/unbc-professor-has-received-over-800000-in-funding-for-oil-spill-response-in-canada/)
2)
“Li
receives renewed funding for oil spill response research” (Nov 7, 2023) (https://www2.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-stories/li-receives-renewed-funding-oil-spill-response-research)
(https://pgdailynews.ca/index.php/2023/11/07/li-receives-renewed-funding-for-oil-spill-response-research/)
3)
“Multi-Partner
Research Initiative – Oil spill research” (https://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/videos/mpri-irmp-eng.html)
4)
Advances
in Engineering, research highlight: “A new utilization of oily sludge as a
useful material for environmental cleanup” (https://advanceseng.com/new-utilization-oily-sludge-useful-material-environmental-cleanup/ (September 28, 2020)
5) “UNBC and other B.C. universities help tackle challenges faced by rural communities” (July 13, 2020) (https://ckpgtoday.ca/2020/07/13/unbc-and-other-b-c-universities-help-tackle-challenges-faced-by-rural-communities/
6) “Research teams land grants for three projects” (July 13, 2020) (https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local-news/research-teams-land-grants-for-three-projects-1.24169695)
7) “Research collaborations tackle challenges faced by rural B.C. residents” (https://www.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-stories/research-collaborations-tackle-challenges-faced-rural-bc-residents
8) “UNBC prof receives $1.9 million to study oil spill response” (January 22, 2020) (https://ckpgtoday.ca/2020/01/22/unbc-prof-receives-1-9-million-to-study-oil-spill-response/
9) “UNBC professor receives $1.9 million to study oil spill response” (January 22, 2020) (https://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local-news/unbc-professor-receives-1-9-million-to-study-oil-spill-response-1.24058663 )
10) “Cleaning up after a spill - UNBC engineering prof Dr. Jianbing Li receives a $1.9 million for oil spill response study” (December 10, 2019) (https://www.unbc.ca/newsroom/unbc-stories/cleaning-after-spill )
11) “UNBC Prof’s oil recovery research rewarded” (January 11, 2013) (http://www.princegeorgecitizen.com/news/local-news/unbc-prof-s-oil-recovery-research-rewarded-1.1030710
Editorship
1) Associate
Editor, Carbon
Neutralization (Wiley)
2) Associate
Editor, Environmental Systems Engineering section, Frontiers in Environmental Science
3) Associate
Editor, Journal
of Environmental Informatics Letters (JEIL)
4)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier)
5)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters (Elsevier)
6) Member,
Editorial Board, Environmental
Systems Research (Springer)
7) Member,
Editorial Board, Water (MDPI)
8) Guest
Editor, Research Topic “Waste Management of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Marine
Environment”, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
9) Guest Editor, Research Topic “Advances in Green Control Technology for the Remediation of Water and Soil Pollution”, “Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
10) Guest
Editor, Special Issue “Water Security and Public Health in Small Remote Communities”,
Water (MPDI), 2022
11) Guest
editor for Bioresource
Technology (Special Issue on Constructed Wetland), 2020
12) Guest
editor for International
Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (Special issue on Advances in
Risk Assessment for Contaminated Environments) (Vol 15, No. 1, 2011).
13) Guest
editor for International
Journal of Environment and Pollution (Special
issue on Modeling Approaches for the Management of Environmental Pollution)
(Vol 42 Nos 1/2/3, 2010)
Publications (see Google Scholar Citations)
Recent Awards
1)
2023
CSCE Dr. Albert E. Berry Medal (https://csce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Berry-ToRs2.pdf)
2)
2023
UNBC Excellence in Research Award
3)
Fellow,
Canadian Society of
Senior Engineers (CSSE), 2023
4)
Fellow,
Canadian Society for Civil
Engineering (CSCE), 2022
5)
2019
UNBC Excellence in Research Award
6)
2014
UNBC Achievement Award in Research
7)
2013 Best Paper Award from
International Academy of Science, Engineering, and Technology (International
ASET Inc.) for a paper at
the 3rd International Conference on Environmental Pollution and
Remediation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 15-17, 2013, 2013
8) 2013 UNBC Achievement Award
in Professional Practice, Mentorship, or Stewardship
9) 2013 Northern BC Business and
Technology Award (Collaborative Research Award) (co-winner with Husky Energy)
10) 2012 Best
Paper Award from the International Society of Environmental Geotechnology for a paper at XII
International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology (Los Angeles, CA,
USA, June 27-29, 2012)
11) 2010 UNBC Research Excellence Award
Current Teaching
1) ENSC406/ENSC607:
Environmental Modeling
Research Areas
1) Environmental pollution control
2) Petroleum waste management
3) Soil and groundwater remediation
4) Environmental modeling and decision analysis
5) Environmental risk assessment
6) Oil spill response
Recent Research Funding (as PI)
1) Finalist
of Oil Spill Response Challenge, Natural Resources Canada
(Project Title: “A nano/micro bubble gas flotation and adsorption-based oil
recovery system, Nov 2023 - Feb 2025)
2) Development
and evaluation of next-generation environmentally friendly decanting
technologies for on-site oil/water separation and disposal, Natural Resources
Canada (Multi-Partner Research Initiative, June 2023 - March 2027)
3) Improved treatment and value-added utilization of petroleum sludge waste (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grant, 2019-2027)
4) Impact
of cumulative groundwater withdrawal on surface water and groundwater
interaction in Stoney Creek Watershed (NSERC Alliance Grant & BC Ministry of Forests,
2022-2024)
5) Water security in small, rural, and remote
communities (NSERC Alliance Missions Grant, 2022-2024)
6) Semifinalist
of Oil Spill Response Challenge, Natural Resources Canada
(Project Title: “A nano/micro bubble gas flotation and adsorption-based oil
recovery system, Oct. 2022-Aug 2023)
7) An
integrated monitoring, statistical analysis and First
Nations community engagement approach for water quality assessment in Necoslie River Watershed (MITACS, Oct 2022 – Sept 2023)
8) A
laboratory bioprocess system for innovation in petroleum waste treatment (NSERC
RTI Grant, 2022)
9) Improved decanting and oily waste management strategies for marine oil spill response (Multi-Partner oil spill research initiative (MPRI), Oceans Protection Plan, 2018-2022)
10) Development of effective, low-cost, portable water treatment systems for protecting public health in regional, remote and rural communities (R3C) (Interior University Research Coalition, 2020-2021)
11) Heavy metal impact assessment using a chemical speciation and index-based approach (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Engage Grant, 2019)
12) Development of innovative energy recovery and waste remediation approaches for effective petroleum sludge treatment (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grant, 2013-2019)
13) Investigation of surface water groundwater interaction in the Stoney Creek Watershed (BC Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations, 2015-2018)