Geomechanics [CCUS/CCS/AGI/SCCS]

Novel Geotechnical Engineering

Civil Engineering associated with Energy and Environment 

Main Current Focuses:

1. Computational Geoscience and Big Data Management

2. Rock Physics and Porous Media Flow: Experiment and Simulation

3. Acoustic Emission, Fibre Optical Sensing, and NMR/XCT Monitoring Technology

4. Hazard Mitigation and Remote Sensing

5. Energy-Environment-Water Nexus and Carbon Neutral 

6. Sustainable Energy with Focus on Geo+  

7. Subsurface Sampling Device Development ([SD]²)

Ph.D., Ibaraki University, Hitachi, Japan
MSc & BSc, Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Qi Li holds a BS in earth sciences with diploma of minor programme on computer science from Nanjing University, China (1995), and in 1998 he received a MS in hydrogeology and engineering geology from the same University. In 2004, he received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from Ibaraki University, Japan. Before joining the faculty of the Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics (IRSM), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China, he has been a member of Geological Survey of Japan, Tsukuba, from 2005 to 2010. 

Dr. Li is now the Professor of CCS Research Group at IRSM; he is a geoscientist with expertise in the fields of hydrogeology and engineering mechanics. The focus of Prof. Li’s research is understanding and using laboratory and numerical tools to design novel subsurface disposal processes and site monitoring systems on different temporal and spatial scales. His research is very interdisciplinary in nature and brings together the fields of hydrogeology, environmental geotechnics, mathematical mechanics, resevoir engineering and remote sensing. 

His recent researches in the CCUS (Carbon dioxide Capture, Utilization and Storage)/AGI (Acid Gas Injection)/eCNT (energy Carbon Neutral Technology) field mainly include performance assessment of disposal reservoirs, porous media flow, coupled rock physical-chemical processes, and risk monitoring and assessment.

Welcome international students for Ph.D. degrees and PostDoc research, please contact by email [qli@whrsm.ac.cn].

We can provide several kinds of scholarship and fellowship for international students for pursuing Ph.D. degrees.

We CAN NOT provide any kinds of scholarship and fellowship for international students for pursuing MASTER degrees.

As China's national institute, we're using innovative science and technology to solve the greatest challenges. 

We are open to the world and pursue an ambitious international educational and research policy with a strong academic impact.

Admissions Major for Ph.D. Graduate Candidates NOT Master Candidates:

Major in science and engineering! Students who are willing to cross disciplines and innovation are especially welcome!

Urgent recruitment for Ph.D. student!

Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) for China-Denmark International Project.

ANSO Scholarship for Ph.D. students:

2023 Call for Applications

Frequently Asked Questions for Admission Application

Postdoctoral Global Recruitment:

1. PostDoc who is familiar with Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), 
        participates in China-Denmark International Project. 
2. PostDoc who is familiar with molecular dynamics / quantum mechanics / physical chemistry, 
        participates in low-field / cyclic field nuclear magnetic resonance experiments and pure and applied analyses.
3. PostDoc who is familiar with energy system / energy materials / reservoir simulation, 
        participates in carbon neutral energy analysis and demonstration experiments and pure and applied analyses.

All the publications can be accessed in the following URLs, but none of them are comprehensive (a full list):

Google Scholar [Qi Li IRSM-CAS]

https://scholar.google.com/citations?sortby=title&hl=en&user=RCXKB10AAAAJ

ResearchGate

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Qi_Li45/publications

ORCiD

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0679-4385

Member, ASCE, AOGS, AGU, EGU

Member, International Society of Rock Mechanics;

Member, International Association for Engineering Geology and Environment;

Member, Society of Petroleum Engineers;

Life Member, International Association for Mathematical Geology;

Dean of Editorial Office, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (JRMGE), Elsevier, since 2018;

Editor Board Member, South China Geology, China Geological Survey Wuhan Branch, since 2021;

Editor Board Member, Scientific Reports, Springer NPG, since 2019;

Editor Board Member, Environmental Geotechnics, ICE Publishing, since 2018;

Editor Board Member, International Journal of Big Data Mining for Global Warming, World Scientific Publishing, since 2018;

Editor Board Member, Journal of Engineering Geology (Chinese Journal), IGG-CAS, since 2018;

Editor Board Member, Mining Technology (Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy: Section A), Taylor & Francis Group, since 2017;

Editor Board Member, Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Elsevier, since 2014;

Editor Board Member, Rock and Soil Mechanics, IRSM-CAS, since 2013;

Editor Board Member, Climate Change Research Letters (Chinese Journal), Hans Publishers, since 2012;

Editor Board Member, International Journal of Geosciences; Scientific Research Publishing, 2009-2015;

Editor Board Member, Natural Resources, Scientific Research Publishing, 2009-2015;

Guest Editor, Oil & Gas Science and Technology - Revue d'IFP Energies nouvelles (OGST), EDP Science Press, 2018-2020;

Guest Editor, JRMGE, Elsevier, 2015-2016;

Guest Editor, Journal of Cleaner Production, Elsevier, 2013-2015;

Technical Member, Task Force 6, CSLF, since 2010;

Technical Member, WG3 (Storage) and WG5 (Cross-Cutting), ISO TC265, since 2013.

KEEP long-term and frequent academic exchanges and personnel exchanges!

Our state-of-the-art experimental laboratories involve student and staff mobility as well as collaborative research activities in areas of common interest. 

Geological Survey of Japan (AIST)

CSIRO, Geoscience Australia (GA) and Go8, Australia

UFZ/GFZ, Germany

Durham University, UK

BRGM/IFPEN, 7356 CNRS (LaSIE), France

LBNL/University of Kentucky/Princeton University, USA

AITF/UBC/UA, Canada

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Please See Chinese Page for Graduated Students in Detail~

http://people.ucas.edu.cn/~qili

Supervising

1. Ishrat Hameed Alvi [Female], 2021~, Awardee of 2021 ANSO Scholarship, 

   From Beihang University (MSc), China; University of Engineering and Technology (BSc), Lahore, Pakistan.

2. Nosheen Rahman [Female], Pakistani, 2023~, ANSO Scholarship for Young Talents Award, 

    From School of Mineralogy, Petrology and Ore Deposits, China University of Geosciences (MSc), China, and 

    Structure Geology, University of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, Pakistan.

Supervised

1. Umeobi Happiness Ijeoma [Female], Nigerian, PhD Candidate, 2019~2022, Awardee of 2019 CAS-TWAS Scholarship, 

   M.Eng. of Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria. 

   The winner of a Honorary Title of "UCAS Outstanding International Student 2022".  She graduated in Fall 2022.

   Returned back Nigeria and work as a lecturer in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nigeria.

2. Abdul Ghaffar, Pakistani, PostDoc, Ph.D. of North University of China, and M.Eng. of Indus University, Pakistan, 2020~2023, MVR-FOS Research.

   He finsihed the PostDoc project in June 2023, and now teachs in Quzhou University, Zhejiang Province, China.

3. Onyekwena Chikezie Chimere, Nigerian, PhD Candidate, 2020~2023, Awardee of 2020 ANSO Scholarship, 

   M.Eng. of School of Civil Engineering and Mechanics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

   He graduated in Summer 2023, and the awardee of 2023 Excellent International Graduates of UCAS. 

   He is going to pursue PostDoc research in USA.

1. Stephanie de Vigan [Female], MINES ParisTech, France, 2014, Collaborative research.

2. Tongchao Nan, University of Arizona, USA, 2015, Exchange visit.

3. Adam K. Schwartzkopff, University of Adelaide, Australia, 2018, Collaborative research.

4. Chaojie Cheng, Helmholtz Centre Potsdam-German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), Germany, 2018, Exchange visit.

5. Yiheng Tao, Princeton University, USA, 2018, Exchange visit/Cooperative research.

6. Yang Wang, University of Houston, USA, 2019, Exchange visit.

7. Zhengwei Xu, University of Houston, USA, 2019, Exchange visit.

8. Lang Liu, University of Alberta, Canada, 2023, Exchange visit/Cooperative research.

1. Danlu Li, Northwest University, 2016, Science and Technology Innovation Program for College Students. 

2. Li Jujing, NNorthwest University, 2016, Science and Technology Innovation Program for College Students. 

3. Xinlu Zhou, Southwest Petroleum University, 2020, Science and Technology Innovation Program for College Students. 

4. Huang Qiaojing, Southwest Petroleum University, 2020, Science and Technology Innovation Program for College Students. 

5. Zijia Wang, Hefei University of Technology, 2023, Internship.