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Xinwei MaoAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Civil EngineeringCollege of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Biography
Dr. Xinwei Mao's research interests lie in her passion of advancing and applying the knowledge of environmental microbiology to establish cost-effective and energy efficient wastewater treatment processes and promote a sustainable relationship between humans and the natural water environment. Dr. Mao also serves as the associate director of the New York State Center for Clean Water technology (www.stonybrook.edu/cleanwater), developing novel on-site wastewater treatment systems for nutrients removal/ recovery, and recalcitrant contaminants remediation.
Education
- PhD: University of California Berkeley
- MS: Johns Hopkins University
- MS: Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 2008
- BS: Environmental Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 2006