Prof. Donghai Xu
E-mail: xudonghai@mail.xjtu.edu.cn
Address: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xianning West Road 28#, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China, 710049
Doctor, Power engineering and engineering thermophysics, Sep. 2005-Jun. 2011
Dept. of Thermal Engineering
Xi’an Jiaotong University, China
Bachelor, Thermal and power engineering, Sept. 2001 -Jun. 2005
School of Energy and Power Engineering
Wuhan University of Technology, China
Full Professor, Power engineering and engineering thermophysics, since Jan. 2020
Dept. of Thermal Engineering
School of Energy and Power Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Associate Professor, Power engineering and engineering thermophysics, Dec. 2014- Dec. 2019
Dept. of Thermal Engineering
School of Energy and Power Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Visiting Scholar, Chemical Engineering, Aug. 2013-Aug. 2014
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Postdoctor, Nuclear science and technology, Apr. 2013-Nov. 2016
School of Nuclear Science and Technology
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Lectuer, Power engineering and engineering thermophysics, Jul. 2011-Nov. 2014
Dept. of Thermal Engineering
School of Energy and Power Engineering
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Dr. Donghai Xu is the full Professor and doctoral advisor of Xi'an Jiaotong University, the visiting scholar of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), the national level young talents. He has long been committed to the basic theoretical research and technological development of biomass thermochemical conversion and utilization. He is mainly engaged in the basic theoretical research and technological development of biomass thermochemical conversion and utilization related to hydrothermal conversion and catalytic upgrading of wet biomass. He is mainly engaged in the research work related to hydrothermal conversion and catalytic upgrading of wet biomass. He has published more than 230 papers, including more than 200 SCI papers (103 first/corresponding authors, representative papers include Renew Sust Energ Rev、Chem Eng J、Grean chem、Water Res、Appl Energ、Corros Sci、AIChE J 8 ESI papers, cited more than 8000 times, 46 personal H factor, 5 Chinese and English books and 6 Chinese and English textbooks. It has obtained 64 Chinese invention patents (27 for the first inventor and 12 for the second inventor), 2 U.S. invention patents, and its core participation in the transfer or licensing of a number of patents. He has successively won the honors of Shaanxi excellent doctoral dissertation, the gold award of the 8th International Invention Exhibition, the China Patent Excellence Award, the gold award of Shaanxi provincial scientific and technological workers' innovation and entrepreneurship competition, the first global top 100 scientific and technological innovation competition (team award), the first prize of science and technology of Shaanxi colleges and universities, and the entrepreneurship and innovation award of China Invention Association. From 2020 to 2024, it was selected into the "annual influence" list of the world's top 2% scientists jointly released by Stanford University and Elsevier for five consecutive years. The team relies on the Key Laboratory of heat flow science and engineering, Ministry of education, Xi'an Jiaotong University. The team leader is heyaling, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae and municiple sludge
Hydrogen production by supercritical water gasification
Supercritical water oxidation of organic pollutants
Material corrosion in subcritical/supercritical water
Biomass pyrolysis and gasification
Sewage sludge treatment
Thermal engineering
The full Professor and PhD supervisor in Department of Energy and Power Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
The member of Expert Committee of China Energy Society
The member of American Chemical Society.
The reviewer of international authoritative journals Applied Energy, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Energy Conversion and Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Bioresource Technology, Energy, Fuel, etc.
The member Editorial Board of Energies, Region-Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, American Journal of Chemical Engineering、Current Alternative Energy, etc.
The associate editor of J. Biosens. Renew. Sources
The National Natural Science Foundation of China.
The Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
The National Key Research and Development Program of China.
The Joint Funds of Natural Science Basic Research Plan in Shaanxi Province of China
The Special Financial Grant from the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation.
Excellent doctoral thesis, Shaanxi Province, China, 2013
Gold award, the 8th International Exhibition of Inventions, 2014
Gold award, Technology Workers Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, Shaanxi Province, China, Jul, 2017
Excellent Master's Supervisor in Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2018
China Patent Excellence Award, 2018
Principal Engineer of Xianyang City, 2019
Young and Middle-aged Leading Talents in Scientific and Technological Innovation of Xianyang City, 2019
Young Talent Support Plan of Xi'an Jiaotong University, 2020
Global Best Innovation 100 Excellent Prize (Team Award), 2020
First prize of science and technology in Shaanxi Universities, 2021
Invention and Entrepreneurship Award - Second Prize (Innovation Category)，2022
Instructor of the "Industry-Academia Integration Star" Program at Xian Jiaotong University, 2023
Invention Entrepreneurship Award - Innovation Second Prize, 2023
Innovation Award of China Invention Association, 2024
The first batch of outstanding teaching and research awards for international competence cultivation projects of the International
Competence Cultivation Professional Committee of the China Education Development Strategy Association
(a total of 15 people across the country),2025
Global Top 2% Scientists "Annual Influence" List, 2025
"Superstar Cup" 7th National University Hybrid Teaching Design Innovation Competition Grand Prize, 2025
First Prize of the China Business Federation for Science and Technology Progress Award, 2025
