Wensi Chen Recognized for Excellence in Environmental Chemistry
01 February 2022
Associate Professor
Carlton S. Wilder Early-Career Professor
Group Coordinator
Biography
Dr. Xing Xie is a Carlton S. Wilder Associate Professor and the Environmental Engineering Group Coordinator in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, he was a postdoc at Caltech. Dr. Xie received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science & Engineering from Tsinghua. He received his second M.S. degree in Materials Science & Engineering and Ph.D. degree in Civil & Environmental Engineering from Stanford. Dr. Xie’s research interests center around the applications of environmental biotechnology and materials science at the nexus of water, food, energy, and health. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, pollutant detection and quantification, and energy and resource recovery. He has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles, and his work has been cited over 11,000 times with an H-index of 45. Dr. Xie has received a CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation (2019), Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Emerging Investigator Award (2020), Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers & Scientists (2021), Best Paper Award from Environmental Science & Technology (2022), James J. Morgan Early Career Award Honorable Mention from American Chemical Society (2023), and Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize from American Society of Civil Engineers (2024). He is also a licensed Professional Engineer in Georgia.
Research
Dr. Xie’s research interests center around the applications of environmental biotechnology and materials science at the nexus of water, food, energy, and health. He has worked on many projects related to water treatment and reuse, pollutant detection and quantification, and energy and resource recovery.
Education
- PhD Stanford University 2014
- MS Stanford University 2012
- MS Tsinghua University 2008
- BS Tsinghua University 2006
Teaching
Dr. Xie’s teaching is focused on environmental engineering classes at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He currently teaches undergraduate-level Energy and Resource Recovery and graduate-level Environmental Nanotechnology. Dr. Xie’ research is student-focused and actively involves both graduate and undergraduate students.
Distinctions & Awards
2025 The Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering Symposium Participant, NAE
2024 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, American Society of Civil Engineers
2024 Excellence in Review Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2023 40 Under 40 Recognition,
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)
2023 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Honorable Mention, American Chemical Society
2023 COE Outstanding Faculty Achievement in Research Award (Early Career), Georgia Tech
2023 Sigma Xi Young Faculty Award, Georgia Tech
2022 Outstanding Young Editorial Board Members, Front. Environ. Sci. Eng.
2022 Best Paper Award, Environmental Science & Technology
2021 Excellence in Environmental Engineering and Science Honor Award,
American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES)
2021 CEE Young Faculty Research Award, Georgia Tech
2021 Young Investigator Award, CAPEES/Nanova
2020 Emerging Investigator, Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization (SNO)
2020 Emerging Investigator, Journal of Material Chemistry A
2019 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation
2019 Emerging Investigator, Environmental Science: Nano
2019 Paul A. Duke GIFT Action Plan Achievement Mentor Award, Georgia Tech
2019 Bill Schutz Junior Faculty Teaching Award, Georgia Tech
2019 Faces of Inclusive Excellence, Georgia Tech
2018 Class of 1969 Teaching Fellow, Georgia Tech
Publications
- Mourin Jarin, Jackie Ly, Alex Crowley, Shuyan Liu, Xing Xie. Combined locally enhanced electric field treatment and copper for effective inactivation of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria in water. ACS ES&T Engineering, 2025, doi.org/10.1021/acsestengg.5c00309.*
- Mourin Jarin, Jackie Ly, Jonathan Goldman, Xing Xie. Water disinfection systems for pools and spas: advantages, disadvantages, and consumer views in the US. ACS ES&T Water, 2025, 5, 2, 525-538.*
- Zeou Dou, Yixuan Huang, Xing Xie. Self-driven phosphate enrichment by hydrogel beads for nutrient recovery. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 2025, 19(1): 5.*
- Mourin Jarin, Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Operando investigation of the synergistic effect of electric field treatment and copper for bacteria inactivation. Nature Communication, 2024, 15: 1345.*
- Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Tuning the locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) between electrophysical and electrochemical mechanisms for bacteria inactivation. Environmental Science & Technology, 2024, 58: 14875-14885.*
- Feiyang Mo, Zhitao Chen, Nian Liu, Xing Xie. Synthesis and modification of nanowires anchored on electrodes for electrochemical and electrophysical applications. Nano Research, 2024, 17: 8863-8884.*
- Gyuhyon Cha, Yixuan Huang, Katherine E Graham, Anjin Luo, Wensi Chen, Janet K Hatt, Konstantinos T Konstantinidis$, Xing Xie$. Cold-chain free nucleic acid preservation using porous super-absorbent polymer (PSAP) beads to facilitate wastewater surveillance. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 939: 173468.*
- Feiyang Mo, Jianfeng Zhou, Cecilia Yu, Feifei Liu, Manhitha Jumili, Yuxiao Wu, Xing Xie. Decoupling locally enhanced electric field treatment (LEEFT) intensity and copper release by applying asymmetric electric pulses for water disinfection. Water Research X, 2023, 100206.*
- Ting Wang, Xing Xie. Nanosecond bacteria inactivation realized by locally enhanced electric field treatment. Nature Water, 2023, 1: 104-112.*
- Yutong Wu#, Fengyi Zhang#, Ting Wang#, Po-Wei Huang, Alexandros Filippas, Haochen Yang, Yanghang Huang, Chao Wang, Huitian Liu, Xing Xie$, Ryan Lively$, Nian Liu$. A sub-millimeter bundled microtubular flow battery cell with ultra-high volumetric power density. PNAS, 2023, 120(2): 2213528120*
In the News
Xie Recognized as Emerging Investigator
17 December 2020