2002-2005  Ph.D., Environment Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, China
1999-2002  M.S., Applied Chemistry, School of Chemistry, South China University of Technology, China
1995-1999  B.S., Fine Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemistry, South China University of Technology, China
 

2009.01 - Present,  Associate Professor, School of Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
2014.07 - 2015.07  Visiting Scholar,  College of Mines and Earth Sciences, University of Utah, USA
2005.07 - 2008.12  Lecturer, School of Chemistry and Environment, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China
2004.07 - 2005.04  Research Associate, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Undergraduate Courses: Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal Engineering, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal Engineering Laboratory, Solid Waste Treatment and Disposal Engineering Course Design, Environmental Engineering and Laboratory
Graduate Courses: Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Recovery

1. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China. Reduction Mechanism of Anode Graphite for Valuable Metal Recovery and Comprehensive Utilization from Waste Ternary Lithium Batteries (No. 2022A1515011102), 2022-2024
2. National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Study on the Coupling Effect of Ferrous Reactivity on Mineral Surfaces and Environmental Remediation of Arsenic-Contaminated Soils (No. 42072046), 2021-2024
3. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China. Construction of Environmental purification and repair system based on optimal Design of Montmorillonite Interlayer structure (No. 2018B030311021), 2018-2021 
4. Funding from Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, China. Study on the Passivation of the Heavy Metal/ Sulfonamide Antibiotic Composite Pollutants in the Bottom of the River in Guangzhou (No. 201803030001), 2018-2021
5. Funding from Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Bureau, China. Creation of popular Science works for Energy Saving and Emission reduction in Enterprises (No. 201609010096), 2016-2017
6. Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). Extraction and Structural Studies of Rh-Sn-Cl Complexes in Solution by Quantum Chemical Molecular Modeling Methods (No. 21006037), 2011-2013
7. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China. Recovery of Palladium and Platinum from E-waste (No. 8451063101000730), 2008-2009
8. Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, China. Recovery of Rhodium-Containing Catalysts by Solvent Extraction (No. 06300845), 2006-2008
 

1. Changjin Liang; Honghai Wu*; Yaowei Li*; Yufeng Guan; Fe(II)-induced phase transformation of La-substituted ferrihydrite significantly influences the reduction and immobilization of Cr(VI) in soils, Chemical Geology, 2025, 694: 123005
2. Dianhui Li; Yaoxin He; Yaoming Su; Han Ye; Siyu Chen; Bo Yan; Yaowei Li; Liuchun Zheng*; Remediation of combined heavy metal pollution in groundwater of lead-zinc mining areas by multimedium permeable reactive barriers- From simulation experiments to application design, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025, 505: 159555
3. Nuanqin Zhang; Eric Pokeung Tsang; Kuang Wang; Jianzhang Fang; Yaowei Li; Guangying Zhou; Zhanqiang Fang*; Iron-nitrogen co-doped carbon nanotubes decorated with Cu2O possess enhanced electronic properties for effective peroxymonosulfate activation, Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 764: 142826
4. Huasen Shao, Yaowei Li*, Liuchun Zheng, Tixian Chen, Jian Liu.  Removal of methylene blue by chemically modified defatted brown algae Laminaria japonica. Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2017, 80,525-532
5. Jian Liu; Liuchun Zheng*; Yaowei Li*; Michael Free and Mingzhu Yang. Adsorptive recovery of palladium(II) from aqueous solution onto cross-linked chitosan/montmorillonite membrane. RSC ADVANCES, 2016, 6(57): 51757-51767
6. CHEN Tixian, LI Yaowei*, LIU Jian and SHAO Huasen. Adsorption of palladium (Ⅱ) from aqueous solution by amino-functionalized MCM-48. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2017,11(3): 1450-1458
7. SHAO Huasen, LI Yaowei*, CHEN Tixian and LIU Jian. Adsorption of Pd (Ⅱ) from Aqueous Solution by the Biomass Residue of Brown Alga Laminaria Japonica. Journal of South China Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2017, 49(4):45-50
8. LIU Jian, LI Yao-wei*, WANG Gang, HE Chun-yan, Adsorption of Cr(Ⅵ)from aqueous solution by modified waste newspaper fiber. China Environmental Science, 2015，35(5)：1368~1374
9. Yang Mingzhu, LI Yaowei*, Wang Gang and Liu Jian. Adsorption of Pd2+ from aqueous using modified silica gel. Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2014，8(12)：5117~5123
10. YANG Ming-zhu, LI Yao-wei*, WANG Gang and LIU Jian. Dynamic adsorption behavior of Pd2+ on silica gel functionalized with thiosemicarbazide. The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals, 2014, 24(07), 1927-1932
11. LI Yaowei*, Wang Zhiyuan and Yang Mingzhu. Progress in the application of molecular recognition technology to the metal separation and recovery. Journal of Safety and Environment, 2013, 13(3): 93~96
12. WANG Zhiyuan, LI Yaowei*, LI Zhigang and YANG Mingzhu. Effects of Releasing Agent on Determination of Rhodium by Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry. Journal of South China Normal University (Natural Science Edition), 2013, 45(5): 78~82
13. LI Yaowei*; Gu Guobang. Property and Mechanism of Rhodium Extracted from Rh-Sn-Cl System by N-Butyl Isooctylamide. Rare Metal Materials and Engineering, 2008, 37(6): 1069-1073.
14. LI Yaowei*, Guo-Bang Gu. Mechanism of extraction of Pd (Ⅱ) with iso-amyl benzothiazolyl sulfoxide from hydrochloric acid media. The Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals, 2007,17(6): 1014-1018
15. LI Yaowei*, Guo-Bang Gu, Hai-Yang Liu, Herman H. Y. Sung, Ian D. Williams and Chi-K. Chang. A new iso-amyl benzothiazolyl sulfoxide as an extractant for palladium and the crystal structure of its palladium(II) complex. Molecules, 2005, 10, 912-921
16.  LI Yao-wei*, GU Guo-bang, LIU Hai-yang. Extraction and separation of Pd, Pt and Rh with MSO from chloride media—a facile recovery of noble metals from spent catalysts. The 17th International Solvent Extraction Conference, Beijing, 2005, 9