• Aug. 2013-Dec. 2017 Mechanical Engineering, Bio-Renewable Technology (BRT) co-major PhD, Iowa State University  
• Jul. 2009-Jul.  2013 Energy Power System & Automation, BS; Financial Engineering, BS, Xi’an Jiaotong University

• Aug. 2018-now  Assistant Professor, China-UK Low Carbon College, Shanghai Jiao Tong University   
• Jan. 2018-Mar. 2018  Research Associate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University    

• Municipal Solid Waste Conversion
• Thermochemical Conversion Process
• Biomass Energy & Biomaterials
• Policies and Carbon Trading Mechanism with Biorenewable Resources
• Pollution Control during MSW/Biomass Conversion Process

Book chapter:

1. Bai, X., Xue, Y., Transport and Secondary Reactions of Depolymerized/Deconstructed Species, Chapter 4 to be included in Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass, Royal Society of Chemistry.

Journals:

1. Xue, Y., & Bai, X. (2018) Synergistic enhancement of product quality through fast co-pyrolysis of acid pretreated biomass and waste plastic. Energy Conversion and Management, 164:629-638 (IF: 5.589, JCR quartile: Q1)
2. Xue, Y., Johnston, P., & Bai, X., (2017) Effect of catalyst contact mode and gas atmosphere during catalytic pyrolysis of waste plastics, Energy Conversion and Management, 142: 441-451 (IF: 5.589, citation: 4, JCR quartile: Q1)
3. Xue, Y., Zhou, S., & Bai, X., (2016) Role of hydrogen transfer during catalytic copyrolysis of lignin and tetralin over HZSM-5 and HY zeolite catalysts, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 4(8), 4237-4250 (IF: 5.951, citation: 14, JCR quartile: Q1)
4. Xue, Y., Kelkar, A., & Bai, X., (2016) Catalytic co-pyrolysis of biomass and polyethylene in a tandem micropyrolyzer, Fuel, 166, 227-236 (IF: 4.601, citation: 34, JCR quartile: Q1)
5. Xue, Y., Zhou, S., Brown, R. C., Kelkar, A., & Bai, X. (2015) Fast pyrolysis of biomass and waste plastic in a fluidized bed reactor, Fuel, 156, 40-46 (IF: 4.601, citation: 56, JCR quartile: Q1)
6. Li, W., Zhou, S., Xue, Y., Lee, Y., & Bai, X. (2017) Understanding Low-pressure Hydropyrolysis of Lignin using Deuterated Sodium Formate, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 5 (10), 8939-8950 (IF: 5.951, JCR quartile: Q1)
7. Qu, W., Xue, Y., Gao, Y., Rover, M., & Bai, X., (2016) Repolymerization of pyrolytic lignin for producing carbon fiber with improved properties. Biomass and Bioenergy, 95, 19-26 (IF: 3.219, citation 6, JCR quartile: Q1)
8. Zhou, S., Xue, Y., Sharma, A., & Bai, X., (2016) Lignin Valorization through Thermochemical Conversion: Comparison of Hardwood, Softwood and Herbaceous Lignin, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4 (12), 6608–6617 (IF: 5.951, citation: 12, JCR quartile: Q1)
9. Liu, G., Wright, M. M., Zhao, Q., Brown, R. C., Wang, K., Xue, Y., (2016) Catalytic pyrolysis of amino acids: Comparison of aliphatic amino acid and cyclic amino acid. Energy Conversion and Management 112, 220-225 (IF: 5.589, citation: 14, JCR quartile: Q1)
10. Qu, W., Liu, J., Xue, Y., Wang, X., & Bai, X. (2017) Potential of Producing Carbon Fiber from Biorefinery Corn Stover Lignin with High Ash Content,  Journal of Applied Polymer, 135(4), 45736 (IF: 1.866, citation: 1, JCR quartile: Q2)

Manuscripts in preparation:

1. Xue, Y., Zhou, S., Qu, W., & Bai, X. (2018) Evaluation of hydrocarbon production from lignin wastes from different industrial processes.
2. Xue, Y., Sharma, A., Qu, W., & Bai, X. (2018) Hydropyrolysis of lignins originated from different biomass species using bifunctional catalysts.

Conferences/Presentations:

1. Xue, Y., Bai, X. Effect of Acid-Pretreatment on Co-Pyrolysis of Biomass and Plastic; Oral Presentation: AIChE annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 29th – Nov. 3rd, 2017.
2. Xue, Y., Braden, J., Bai, X. Effect of Pretreatment on Biomass Pyrolysis for Better Quality of Bio-oil; Oral Presentation: AIChE annual meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Oct. 29th – Nov. 3rd, 2017.
3. Xue, Y., Bai, X. Catalytic co-hydropyrolysis of biomass and plastics for improved product quality; Oral Presentation: AIChE annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Nov. 13th-18th, 2016.
4. Xue, Y., Sharma, A., Bai, X., Cheng, F., Brewer E.C. Catalytic hydropyrolysis of milled lignins derived from hardwood, softwood and herbaceous biomass using bifunctional catalysts; Oral Presentation: AIChE annual meeting, San Francisco, California, Nov. 13th-18th, 2016.
5. Xue, Y., Kelkar, A., & Bai, X. Enhancing Hydrocarbon Production through Catalytic Co-pyrolysis of Biomass and Plastics; Oral Presentation: AIChE annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 8th-15th, 2015.
6. Xue, Y., Kelkar, A., & Bai, X. Catalytic co-pyrolysis of red oak and polyethylene to valuable hydrocarbons; Poster Presentation; TCBiomass, Chicago, Illinois, Nov. 2nd-5th, 2015.
7. Xue, Y., Zhou, S., Brown, R. C., Kelkar, A., & Bai, X. Co-pyrolysis of biomass and plastic in fluidized bed reactor; Poster presentation; TCS, Denver, Colorado, Sept. 2nd-5th, 2014.
8. Xue, Y., Kelkar, A., & Bai, X. Catalytic co-pyrolysis of red oak and polyethylene to valuable hydrocarbons; Poster Presentation; Iowa Academy of Science annual meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, April 19th-20th, 2015.
9. Qu, W., Xue, Y., Gao,Y., Rover, M., Bai, X., Carbon Fiber Made from Red Oak Pyrolytic Lignin; Oral Presentation: 2016 International Symposium on Bioplastics, Biocomposites and Biorefining, Guelph, Canada, May 31st-June 3rd, 2016.
10. Bai, X., Zhou, S., Xue, Y., Sharma, A., Thermochemical volatilization of lignin for fuels and chemicals: effect of biomass specie and lignin extraction method; Oral Presentation: 2016 International Symposium on Bioplastics, Biocomposites and Biorefining, Guelph, Canada, May 31st-June 3rd, 2016.

• Student Travel Award, Forest Bioproducts Division, AIChE, 2017
• Research Excellence Award, Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University, 2017
• Enterprise scholarship sponsored by Beijing Four-Dimensional Power Company, 2012
• First-place award in the university-wide physics competition (rank 2nd /1500), 2011
• SiYuan scholarship and Excellent Student Awards, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2011
• SiYuan scholarship and Excellent Student Awards, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2010