Mr. Jinhui Li,Professor of Tsinghua University

Academic Assignment

    Jinhui Li, Professor and Doctoral Supervisor of Tsinghua University, the Executive Director of Basel Convention Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific (BCRC China), which is one of the 14 regional centers under the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal and one of the 16 regional centers under the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants. Professor Li concurrently acts as Director of Circular Economy of Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Secretary-general of Solid Waste Treatment and Utilization Committee of China Association of Environmental Protection Industry, Steering Committee member of Solving the E-waste Problem (StEP), and editorial board of a number of Journals.

Research Area

    Professsor Li's  research areas cover the recycling and disposal technology of e-waste and hazardous waste, policy and management on solid waste with an emphasis on e-wastes and hazardous waste, the disposal and treatment engineering of hazardous waste, soil pollution remediation, and environmental risk assessment. He has led more than 320 projects, including National Key Technology Support Program, '863' program, Chinese National Natural Science Foundation, Public Welfare Program and International Cooperation Program. He obtained 32 international and provincial awards. In the past few years, Prof. Li has published 58 books and 417 full papers (184 indexed in SCI) in international academic journals and conferences, and applied for 33 patents in which 25 are authorized.