Jianbing (Jason) Li,
PhD, P.Eng., Professor 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 280 publications in international journals and conferences, including over
190 refereed journal publications, with an h-index of 42 (Google Scholar). His
research has been supported by various organizations, including NSERC, DFO, BC
Innovation Council, 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 and 2019 UNBC
Research Excellence Award, and the 2013 UNBC Achievement Award in Professional
Practice and Mentorship. Dr. Li was nominated for the 2022 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 has been a member of the
Board of Examiners 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 six journals. He is 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.
Postdoctoral Fellow Position in Water
Security (Posting Date: April
5, 2022)
Supervision of Graduate Students
Related News and Research
Highlights
1)
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)
2) 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/
3) 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)
4) 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
5) 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/
6) 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 )
7) 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 )
8) 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)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier)
2)
Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters (Elsevier)
3) Associate
Editor, Journal
of Environmental Informatics Letters (JEIL)
4) Associate
Editor, Carbon
Neutralization (Wiley)
5) Member,
Editorial Board, Environmental
Systems Research (Springer)
6) Member,
Editorial Board, Water (MDPI)
7) Guest
Editor, Research Topic “Waste Management of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Marine
Environment”, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
8) Guest Associate Editor, Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2022
9) Guest
Editor, Special Issue “Water Security and Public Health in Small Remote Communities”,
Water (MPDI), 2022
10) Guest
editor for Bioresource
Technology (Special Issue on Constructed Wetland), 2020
11) 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).
12) 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)
2019
UNBC Excellence in Research Award
2)
2014
UNBC Achievement Award in Research
3)
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
4) 2013 UNBC Achievement Award
in Professional Practice, Mentorship, or Stewardship
5) 2013 Northern BC Business and
Technology Award (Collaborative Research Award) (co-winner with Husky Energy)
6)
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)
7)
2010 UNBC Research Excellence Award
Current Teaching
1) ENSC406/ENSC607:
Environmental Modeling
2) ENVE 462 Geo-environmental
Engineering
Previous Teaching
1) ENGR451/ENSC651: Groundwater
Hydrology
2) ENSC100: Introduction to Engineering Science
3) ENSC417: Designing Solutions in Environmental Engineering
4) ENSC453: Environmental Resources Management and Decision Making
5) ENSC308: Northern Environments
6) Introduction to Environmental Engineering (ENEV 320 at University of Regina, Fall 2001 & 2002)
7) Water & Wastewater Engineering (ENEV 363 at University of Regina, Fall 2000)
8) Engineering Hydrology/Hydrological Engineering (ENEV 462/802 at University of Regina, Winter 1999, 2000 & 2001)
9) Water Resources Management (ENEV 803 at University of Regina, Spring/summer 2001)
10) Environmental Modeling and Decision Making (ENEV 862 at University of Regina, Fall 2000, 2001 & 2002)
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
1) An integrated
monitoring, statistical analysis and First Nations community engagement
approach for water quality assessment in Necoslie
River Watershed (MITACS,
2022/23)
2) Water security in small, rural, and remote
communities (NSERC Alliance Missions Grant, 2022-2024)
3) A
laboratory bioprocess system for innovation in petroleum waste treatment (NSERC
RTI Grant, 2022)
4) 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)
5) Improved treatment and value added utilization of petroleum sludge waste (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Discovery Grant, 2019-2024)
6) Improved decanting and oily waste management strategies for marine oil spill response (Multi-partner oil spill research initiative (MPRI), Oceans Protection Plan, 2018-2022)
7) Heavy metal impact assessment using a chemical speciation and index-based approach (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Engage Grant, 2019)
8) Investigation of surface water groundwater interaction in the Stoney Creek Watershed (BC Ministry of Forests, Lands & Natural Resource Operations, 2015-2018)
9) 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)