Education

August 2005–present    Guangzhou Institute of Energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Research Fellow 

1997–2000 Ph.D., China, Tsinghua University.

1989–1992: Master’s Degree, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China.

1985–1989: Bachelor’s Degree, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, China.

Research Experience

October 2001 – June 2005: The University of British Columbia, Associate Researcher

April 2000–September 2001: The University of Alberta, Postdoctoral Fellow

September 1996–September 1997: Tsinghua University, Teaching Assistant

August 1992–August 1996: Inner Mongolia New Technology Promotion Station, Engineer

LI Xiaosen is a distinguished expert in deep-sea science and energy. He has held several key leadership positions, including Academic Vice Director of the Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the Key Laboratory of Natural Gas Hydrate of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Executive Director of the China Renewable Energy Society, Executive Director of the Chinese Society of Engineering Thermophysics.

Professor LI has achieved systematic and significant innovative results in the basic research, exploitation theory, and exploitation methods of natural gas hydrates. He has led more than 40 national and provincial major scientific research projects. He has published over 440 papers, among which more than 340 are SCI papers. He has been continuously included in the Elsevier China Highly Cited Researchers List for the past 12 years (2014-2025). He has obtained more than 90 invention patents. He has won the Second Prize of National Technology Invention Award, the First Prize of Guangdong Natural Science Award, the First Prize of Guangdong Technology Invention Award, the Second Prize of Guangdong Natural Science Award and other awards.

Selected Publications

1. Li, X. S.; Wu, H. J.; Englezos Peter*. Prediction of gas hydrate formation conditions in the presence of methanol, glycerol, ethylene glycol, and triethylene glycol with the statistical associating fluid theory equation of state. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2006, 45(6): 2131-2137.

2. Yu, Y. S.; Zhang, X.; Liu, J. W.; Lee, Y.;Li, X. S.* Natural gas hydrate resources and hydrate technologies: a review and analysis of the associated energy and global warming challenges. Energy & Environmental Science, 2021, 14: 5611-5668.

3. Li, X. S.*; Xu, C. G.; Zhang, Y; Ruan, X. K.; Li, G.; Wang, Y. Investigation into gas production from natural gas hydrate: A review. Applied Energy. 2016,172: 286-322.

4. Li, X. S.*; Yang, B.; Zhang, Y.; Li, G.; Duan, L. P.; Wang, Y.; Chen, Z. Y.; Huang, N. S.; Wu, H. J. Experimental investigation into gas production from methane hydrate in sediment by depressurization in a novel pilot-scale hydrate simulator. Applied Energy. 2012, 93: 722-732.

5. Li, G.; Lv, Q. N.*; Li, X. S.*; Kou, X.; Zhang, Y. Analysis of Methane Hydrate Dissociation Experiment in a Pilot-Scale Hydrate Simulator by a Full Implicit Simulator of Hydrate. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2023, 62: 7704-7720.

· Basic theories of natural gas hydrates

· Exploitation mechanisms and technologies of natural gas hydrates

·CO₂ capture and storage by hydrate method

·Hydrate application technologies

1. National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, January 2013 - December 2016, Principal Investigator.

2. Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation, January 2018 - December 2022, Principal Investigator.

3. Key Project of National Natural Science Foundation, January 2025 - December 2029, Principal Investigator.

4. Special project for marine economy development of Guangdong Province, August 2018 - August 2020, Principal Investigator.

5. National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program), December 2006 - December 2008, Principal Investigator.