Mengdi Li

Associate Professor

Department of Environmental Science

Location: Rm102, Building No.10

E-mail：limengdi@tust.edu.cn

Research Interests

Hydrogeochemistry, Isotope geochemistry, Groundwater contaminants transport

Academic Advising

Now accepting postgraduates candidates in Environment Science and Engineering, and Resources and Environment

Education（in reverse chronological order）

Ph.D. in Groundwater Science and Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 2013

Joint training Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2011-2012

Bachelor of Engineering in Hydrology and Water resources Engineering, China University of Geosciences, 2008

Positions & Employment（in reverse chronological order）

2025-present College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Associate Professor

2021-2025 College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Tianjin University of Science & Technology, Lecturer

2015-2019 Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences

2014-2015 Institute of Mineral Resources Research, China Metallurgical Geology Bureau

Teaching

For Undergraduates: Water Environment Science; Fundamentals of Environmental Geology

Research Projects（in reverse chronological order）

1) Tianjin Natural Science Foundation General Program, The Impact of Nitrogen-Sulfur Biogeochemical Coupling Processes on Iodine Enrichment in Groundwater in the Coastal Area of Tianjin, Principal Investigator

2) National Natural Science Foundation of China, Biogeochemical mechanism of iodine transport enrichment in coastal shallow salty groundwater: 42102299, Principal Investigator

3) Open Fund Project of the MOE Key Laboratory of Groundwater Circulation and Environmental Evolution, Sulphur Biogeochemical Mechanism of Iodine Transport Enrichment in Coastal Shallow Underground Salty Water, Principal Investigator

Key Publications：（in reverse chronological order）

1) Xie DS, Li MD*, Li HM*, Su SH, Zhang CX, Lv SY, Du XR. Source and transport enrichment mechanism of iodine in shallow saline groundwater in Tianjin coastal area. ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES, 2024, 83(17):AR507.

2) Zheng YL, Li HM, Li, MD*, Zhang CX, Su SH, Xiao H. A review of groundwater iodine mobilization, and application of isotopes in high iodine groundwater. ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY AND HEALTH, 2024, 46(10): AR388.

3) LI HM*, LI MD, XIAO H, LIU XN. Hydrochemical characteristics of shallow groundwater and carbon sequestration in the Tianjin Plain. Earth Science Frontiers, 2022, 29(3): 167-178

4) LIU XN, LI HM*, LI MD, ZHANG WH, XIAO H. Pollution characteristics and biodegradation mechanism of petroleum hydrocarbons in gas station groundwater in the Tianjin Plain. Earth Science Frontiers, 2022, 29(3): 227-238

5) Li MD, Fan JT*, Zhang Y, Guo F, Liu LS, Xia R, Xu ZX, Wu FC. A systematic approach for watershed ecological restoration strategy making: An application in the Taizi River Basin in northern China. Science of the Total Environment. 2018, 637–638, 1321–1332.