Xiaolin Wei
Phone: 13601038842; Email: weixl@yahoo.com
KEY EXPERTISE
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Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering from a USA college
Experience in leading a new product development in chemical industry, and
supervising the scale up of the pilot plant.
3 years experience in international market development of fine chemicals
10 years experiences conducting experimental research
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2008-Present SinoPec Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry, Beijing
Project manager
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Develop temperature-resistant and salt-resistant water-soluble polymers for oil
recovery.
2005-2008
Clemson University
Clemson, SC, USA
PostDoc Research Fellow, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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Develop and test new molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) that selectively
remove and concentrate branched dibenzothiophene (DBTs) from gasoline oils.
Kinetic study of growth of polymethacrylic acid from gold surface and
investigation of its application in drug delivery.
Develop high-throughput membranes with highly ordered and periodic in
structure by inverted colloidal crystal (ICC) technique for separations.
2000-2005
Clemson University
Research Assistant, Separation in Chemical Engineering
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Synthesized new polymers from gold and silica gel surfaces, using a molecular
imprinting technique, for the application in chromatographic bioseparation and
biosensors.
1997-2000
Zhejiang Chem-Tech Group Co. LTD
Business Manager, Import and Export
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1993-1996
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China
In charge of import and export business. Successfully developed new markets
in Europe, Asia, and South America for fine chemicals, pesticides, raw materials
of pharmaceuticals.
1996-1997
Zhejiang Chem-Tech Group Co. LTD
R & D Engineer, New product development
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Clemson, SC, USA
China
Successfully lead a new product development in chemical plant, and
supervised that scale up of the pilot plant.
Zhejiang University
China
Investigated the kinetics and reaction mechanism for hydrogenation of xylose to
xylitol using commercial Raney-Ni catalyst.
Studied the chemical modification of silica gel using octadecyltrichlorosilane, and
separation of caffeine and theophylline on octadecyl-bonded silica gel.
SKILLS
 Expertise in chromatographic, adsorptive, and extractive separations; polymer
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synthesis; organic synthesis; reaction engineering; and process simulation
Expertise in utilizing State-of-the-art analytical tools such as HPLC, GC, SEM,
FTIR, Column Chromatography, Ellipsometry, TGA, XPS, NMR
Ability to use analytical skills, creativity and logical reasoning to solve engineering
and science problems and make decisions; ability to work both independently and
in a team environment
Ability to write technical documents and deliver technical presentations
Bi-lingual. Fluent in Mandarin and English
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EDUCATION
2000-2005
Clemson University
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
1993-1996
Zhejiang University.
M.S. in Organic Chemical Engineering.
1989-1993
Zhejiang University.
B.S. in Organic Chemical Engineering.
Clemson, SC, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering
Zhejiang, China
Department of Chemical Engineering.
Zhejiang, China
Department of Chemical Engineering.
PUBLICATION
1. “Adsorption of Dibenzothiophenes from Hydrocarbon Mixtures and Model Diesel by Reversible
charge-transfer Complexation with a New Type of Adsorbent”. X. Wei, S. Husson, M. Mello
and D.Chinn. Submitted to Ind. Eng. Chem. Res.
2. “Rapid, Direct growth of sodium-poly(methacrylic acid) nanolayers by surface-initiated atom
transfer radical polymerization”. X. Wei and S. Husson. Submitted to Macromol. Rapid
Commun.
3. “Removal of Branched Dibenzothiophenes from Hydrocarbon Mixtures via Charge Transfer
Complexes with a TAPA-Functionalized Adsorbent”. X. Wei, S. Husson, M. Mello and D.Chinn.
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2008, 47, 4448–4454
4. “Surface-grafted molecular imprinted polymer grown from silica gel for chromatographic
separation”, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2007，46，2117-2124，X. Wei, S. Husson
5. “Surface Molecular Imprinting by Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization”, Biomacromolecules
2005, 6, 1113-1121. X. Wei, X. Li and S. Husson
6. “Synthesis and Characterization of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for Chromatographic
Separations”, Sep. Sci. Technol. 2005, 40, 109-129, X. Wei, A. Samadi and S. M. Husson
7. “Thermodynamic Studies on the Adsorption of Fibronectin Adhesion-Promoting Peptide on
Nanothin Films of Poly (2-vinylpyridine) by SPR”, Biomacromolecules, 2004, 5(3), 869-876; X.
Li, X. Wei and S. Husson
PATENT
1. US Patent, “Removal of Branched Dibenzothiophenes from Hydrocarbon Mixtures via Charge
Transfer Complexes with a TAPA-Functionalized Adsorbent”. (http://patft.uspto.gov/ , Patent
number: 20090076221)
2. US Patent, “Adsorption of dibenzothiophenes from hydrocarbon and model diesel feeds”.
(Application number: 12/336199)
3. China Patent, “The preparation of temperature-resistant and salt-resistant viscosifying agent,
(pending)
References: Dr. Scott M. Husson, Tel.: 864.656.4502, Email: shusson@clemson.edu
Other references are available upon request