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Research
Latest papers
Circular bioeconomy through a closed-loop anaerobic digestion-pyrolysis biorefinery: techno-economic, environmental and policy perspectives.
Bioresource technology · 2026
Impacts of wildfire-related chemicals on surface drinking water sources: Status and research gaps.
The Science of the total environment · 2026
Emerging applications of biochar: A review on techno-environmental-economic aspects.
Bioresource technology · 2023
Latest funding
- $336,000
Feasibility and pilot study of coupled anaerobic digester and pyrolyzer for co-processing organic waste to renewable natural gas and biochar
NSERC · 2020 · Co-investigator
- $128,738
A combined Flow-Injection-Analyzer with an Ion Chromatography (FIA-IC) system for emerging environmental research with complex-matrix
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
- $344,000
Mixed contaminants in soil and groundwater - some fundamental problems and their relevance to remediation and treatment
NSERC · 2018 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
Circular bioeconomy through a closed-loop anaerobic digestion-pyrolysis biorefinery: techno-economic, environmental and policy perspectives.
Zhu H, Zhou H, Lau A, Baldwin S, Li L, Saddler J, Bi X
Impacts of wildfire-related chemicals on surface drinking water sources: Status and research gaps.
de Leon Rabago R, Li L, Tu Q
Emerging applications of biochar: A review on techno-environmental-economic aspects.
Zhu H, An Q, Syafika Mohd Nasir A, Babin A, Lucero Saucedo S, Vallenas A, Li L, Baldwin SA, Lau A, Bi X
Sorption of organic pollutants frequently detected in stormwater: evaluation of five potential sorbents.
Björklund K, Li L
Kisameet Glacial Clay: an Unexpected Source of Bacterial Diversity
Svensson SL, Behroozian S, Xu W, Surette MG, Li L, Davies J
Removal of organic contaminants in bioretention medium amended with activated carbon from sewage sludge.
Björklund K, Li L
Evaluation of low-cost materials for sorption of hydrophobic organic pollutants in stormwater.
Björklund K, Li L
Feasibility and pilot study of coupled anaerobic digester and pyrolyzer for co-processing organic waste to renewable natural gas and biochar
Principal investigators: Bi, Xiaotao XT
A combined Flow-Injection-Analyzer with an Ion Chromatography (FIA-IC) system for emerging environmental research with complex-matrix
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Mixed contaminants in soil and groundwater - some fundamental problems and their relevance to remediation and treatment
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Keywords: emerging mixed contaminants; per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (pfass); 1,4-dioxane; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; surface runoff; soil; groundwater; fate and transport process; degradation; treatment
Evaluation of process for conversion of sewage sludge to activated carbon for wastewater treatment
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Exploratory study on the enhancement of conversion of sewage sludge to activated carbon process for wastewater treatment achieving waste-to-resources
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
High Temperature Combustion TOC analyzer
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Development of an effective apparatus for copper tube water distribution corrosion study to improve the drinking water quality in Resort Whistler
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Potential sorbent material of permeable reactive wall to remove per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from contaminated groundwater
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Evaluation of nutrient removal from urban runoff using rain garden growing media amended with sewage-based activated carbon
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
Identifying suitable materials for landfill liners to retard leaching of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) from landfills
Principal investigators: Li, Loretta
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Xiaotao Bi and Loretta Li: 2 shared papers
- Xiaotao Bi and Anthony Lau: 2 shared papers
- Loretta Li and Anthony Lau: 2 shared papers
- Michael Surette and Loretta Li: 1 shared paper
- Xiaotao Bi and Susan Baldwin: 1 shared paper
- Loretta Li and Susan Baldwin: 1 shared paper
- Susan Baldwin and Anthony Lau: 1 shared paper
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- Civil Engineering
- Medicine
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