Xin Li, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Computational Bioengineering Group Biotechnology and Bioengineering Center 8701 Watertown Plank Road Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509 (414)-955-2484 (414)-955-6568 (Fax) Email: xinli@mcw.edu

Education:

• Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, August 2003 to November 2008, University of Kentucky.
  Dissertation: Multiscale Dynamic Monte Carlo / Continuum Modeling of Drying and Curing in Sol-gel Silica Films
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, September 2000 to July 2003, East China University of Science and Technology
• B.S., Chemical Engineering, September 1996 to July 2000, East China University of Science and Technology.

Research Interests:

• Computational modeling of biological and physiological systems, with a special focus on thermodynamics in biochemical systems
• Multiscale modeling of polymer synthesis, gelation, and thin film formation
• Dynamic Monte Carlo simulation of the polymerization process 

Presentations & Abstracts:

• Xin Li, Stephen E. Rankin. Multiscale modeling of cyclization effects in drying sol-gel silica films, AIChE 2007 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2007.
• Stephen E. Rankin, Xin Li. Coupled continuum / dynamic Monte Carlo model of drying and curing in sol-gel silica films: cyclization effects, European Congress of Chemical Engineering – 6, Copenhagen, Denmark, September 2007.
• Xin Li, Stephen E. Rankin. Multiscale modeling of coupled drying and nonideal polymerization in sol-gel silica films, AIChE 2006 Annumal Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2006.
• Xin Li, Stephen E. Rankin. Multiscale modeling of coupled curing and drying in sol-gel silica films, 231st ACS National Meeting, Atlanta, GA, March 2006
• Stephen E. Rankin, Xin Li. Multiscale Modeling of Solvent-Cast Sol-Gel Ceramic Films, AIChE 2005 Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, November 2005.