Yao, Wang (王曜)
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Ph.D. Candidate, |
About me
I received the B.S. degree from Tongji University, Shanghai, in 2020, and the M.S. degree from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 2022. I am currently a Ph.D. student in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. My main research interest is the behavior and long-term fate of waste in landfills, especially plastics. I also work on estimation and mitigation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from solid waste disposal sites (SWDS).
Education
08.2022 ~ Current, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
08.2020 ~ 06.2022, M.Eng. (M.Phil.), Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
09.2016 ~ 07.2020, B.S., Environmental Science, Tongji University
Research
My research interests include:
Waste management
Plastics & Microplastics
Climate change
Recent publications
Wang, Y., Fang, M., Guo, Y., Pi, X., Wang, Y.J., He, H., Lou, Z., Yin, K.*, Fei, X.*, 2024. Methane emissions from landfills differentially underestimated worldwide. Nature Sustainability, 7, pp.496–507
Wang, Y., Zhou, C., Lou, Z., Zhang, H., Hussain, A., Zhan, L., Yin, K., Fang, M., Fei, X.*, 2024. Underestimated methane emission from solid waste disposal sites reveals missed greenhouse gas mitigation opportunities. Engineering, In Press
Wang, Y., Ruiz-Acevedo, A., Rameez, E., Raghavan, V., Hussain, A.* and Fei, X.*, 2024. Toward sustainable waste management in small islands developing states: integrated waste-to-energy solutions in Maldives context. Frontiers of Environmental Science & Engineering, 18(2), p.24.726558
Pi, X., Fei, X.*, Wang, Y., Sun, X. and Guo, Y., 2023. Global void ratio of municipal solid waste for compression indices estimation. Waste Management, 160, pp.69-79.
Lu, X., He, H., Wang, Y., Guo, Y. and Fei, X.*, 2023. Masses and size distributions of mechanically fragmented microplastics from LDPE and EPS under simulated landfill conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 445, p.130542.
Fei, X.*, He, H., Pi, X., Lu, X., Chen, Q., Ma, J., Wang, Y., Fang, M., Wu, C. and Feng, S., 2023. The distribution, behavior, and release of macro-and micro-size plastic wastes in solid waste disposal sites. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 53(3), pp.366-389.
Fei, X.*, Guo, Y., Wang, Y., Fang, M., Yin, K. and He, H., 2022. The long-term fates of land-disposed plastic waste. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 3(11), pp.733-735.
Fei, X.*, Fang, M. and Wang, Y., 2021. Climate change affects land-disposed waste. Nature Climate Change, 11(12), pp.1004-1005.
Wang, Y., Lu, X. and Fei, X.*, 2021. Property changes of conventional plastic waste mixed with municipal solid waste after 10-year degradation experiments simulating landfill conditions. Journal of Hazardous Materials Letters, 2, p.100047.
Note: * indicates the corresponding author.
Full list of publications in Google Scholar.
Academic service
Reviewer
Journal of Environmental Management
9th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics (ICEG)
Undergraduate supervision
Koh Xin Li, NTU, Environmental Engineering, Year 4, Final Year Project Title: "Climate change affects land-disposed waste"
Scholarships and awards
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Research Scholarship, 2022-2026 (Full scholarship covering tuition fee and life expenses for Ph.D. students)
Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Research Scholarship, 2020-2022 (Full scholarship covering tuition fee and life expenses for Master students)
Tongji Scholarship of Excellence, 2018-2019
Tongji Scholarship of Excellence, 2017-2018
Tongji Scholarship of Excellence, 2016-2017
Second Prize of Grundfos-Tongji Environmental Technology Innovation Competition, 2018
Tongji Environmental Education Scholarship of Social Activity, 2019