Ao Xie

Contact Information

MSU Bioeconomy Institute
3815 Discovery Dr
Room: C-Wing Cubicle
Lansing , MI 48910

(206) 822-0534

xieao1@msu.edu

Postdoctoral Scholar

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Biography

Ao Xie is a researcher in environmental engineering working on (bio)electrochemical wastewater treatment. Her interests include reactor design, sustainable technologies, and environmental applications of (bio)electrochemical systems.

Education

  • Ph.D., Clemson University, 2021
  • M.S., University of Washington, 2016
  • B.S., Tianjin University, 2013

Selected Publications

  1. Wang, D., Xie, A., Ma, S., Tong, W., Zou, S., Jain, A. Computational Catalysis and Machine Learning Applications to Water Treatment Technologies. AI for Science. (2025) https://doi:10.1088/3050-287X/adfb91
  2. Xie, A., Vargas, D., Yang, Z., Zou, S. Efficient selenate removal from impaired waters with TiO2-assisted electrocatalysis, Water Research. 262 (2024) 122134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.122134
  3. Xie, A., Ladner, D., and Popat, S. C. Electrocoagulation-flotation on Animal Rendering Wastewater Treatment and Fat Recovery, Chemical Engineering Journal. 431 (2022) 133910. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.133910
  4. Xie, A., Deaver, J.A., Miller, E., and Popat, S. C. Evaluation of Electrical Current Production in Microbial Electrolysis Cells Fed With Animal Rendering Wastewater, Chemosphere. 285 (2021) 131547. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131547
  5. Xie, A. and Popat, S. C. Electrochemical Ammonia Stripping from Non-Nitrified Animal Rendering Wastewater, Chemical Engineering Journal Advances. 3 (2020) 100020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceja.2020.100020

Awards

  • Best Poster Postdoc awardee, AEESP 2025 Research and Education Conference, 2025
  • Water Environmental Association of SC Fellowship/WEASC/Linvil G. Rich Award, 2020