Xi Gao is a tenured Associate Professor at the Guangdong Technion – Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT). He obtained BS/MS/PhD from Xiamen University, Zhejiang University, and Iowa State University, respectively, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher and later a research scientist at the US Department of Energy National Energy Technology Laboratory.

His research primarily focuses on chemical reaction engineering, multiphase flow science, the thermochemical and catalytic conversion of organic solid waste (such as biomass, plastics, and coal), nanopowder technology, and artificial intelligence. He has published over 100 academic papers in journals including AIChE J., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Nat. Commun., Appl. Catal. B, Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev., Chem. Eng. J., J. Fluid Mech., and Energy. He has led more than 10 research projects funded by national or provincial/ministerial agencies, as well as industry-sponsored projects. He has filed 13 national invention patents (7 of which have been granted) and 2 PCT international patents. He also led the development of solvers such as SuperDEM, with relevant modules integrated into the international open-source CFD platform, MFiX. He has served as a guest editor for Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., is currently a youth editorial board member for Carbon Neutrality and Engineering Energy, and is a youth committee member of the Process Simulation and Simulation Professional Committee under the Chemical Industry and Engineering Society of China (CIESC). He has frequently served as a session chair or convener at international academic conferences and has delivered over 20 invited or keynote presentations. His honors include being recognized as an Influential Researcher by Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., receiving a silver medal at the International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva, winning the Bettersize–Particuology Best Paper Award, and being selected as a high-level young talent in Shantou City.