Dr. Shenxu Bao received his BSc. and MASc Degree in mineral processing engineering in 2002 and 2004 at Wuhan University of Technology, respectively, and his Ph.D. in geochemistry in 2008 at Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He worked at the University of Queensland, Australia, as a visiting academic from Jan. 2016 to Jan. 2017. His research interests include extractive metallurgy of rare and noble metals, treatment of industrial wastewater and/or waste solid, and purification and separation of metals in aqueous solutions. He co-authored two treatises and has published more than 50 peer reviewed papers. He obtained more than 10 invention patents in China, U.S. and South Africa. He is now an associate professor at Wuhan University of Technology.

Extractive metallurgy of rare or noble metals Treatment of industrial wastewater and/or solid waste Purification and separation of metals in aqueous solutions