Jun Li

Name:

Jun Li

Nationality:

Chinese

Project ID:

ESR16

Closing the micronutrient: exploration of micronutrient-rich bioproducts generated from wastewater as environmental-friendly micronutrient supplements and fertilizers

Short CV / biography:

I obtained my bachelor and master degree of environment science in 2016 and 2019, respectively, at Northwest A&F University, China. My master thesis topic is “Effect of aging on the fraction and bioavailability of Selenium in soils”. During my master period, I obtained the “Graduate Nation Scholarship” and the master thesis got the “Excellent Master Thesis” which only have 20 candidates in the whole university. After graduation, I have a strong interest in selenium recovery from wastewater. Because of this, I decide to start a PhD for further study.

Short description of my topic:

My PhD topic is “closing the micronutrient: exploration of micronutrient-rich bioproducts generated from wastewater as environmental-friendly micronutrient supplements and fertilizers”. The objective of my project is to 1) develop and apply sustainable, biobased methods which are able to selectively remove essential trace elements from wastewaters and 2) test micronutrient-rich materials produced by these methods for their potential use as micronutrient fertilizer or food/feed supplement by studying the bioavailability and bioaccessibility of micronutrients contained in these products.

My progress / state of the art :

Until now, after the literature review phase, I have already started my experiment in UNESCO-IHE Institution for Water Education. In IHE, I will prepare some micronutrient-rich bioproduct for my sequential experiment, such as selenium and zinc nano-particles and plants which uptake high selenium and zinc concentration.