09/2011 - 06/2015

09/2015 - 06/2018

09/2019 - 05/2023

Education

Teaching Experience

1. MNTC P05 Foundational Physics,

Course Instructor (Teaching Fellow)

2. CHEM 113 General Chemistry,

Teaching Assistant

3. MINE 422 Mining and Sustainability,

Teaching Assistant

4. MNTC 306 Mineral Processing Unit Operations,

Teaching Assistant

5. APSC 100 Introduction to Experimentation,

Teaching Assistant

6. CHEM 112 General Chemistry,

Teaching Assistant

7. MINE 268 Analytical Methods in Mining,

Teaching Assistant

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles

1. Jinsong Xia*, Ahmad Ghahreman, Sustainable technologies for the recycling and upcycling of precious metals from e-waste. Science of The Total Environment, 2024, 916, 170154 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170154)

2. Jinsong Xia*, Ahmad Ghahreman, Core-Shell Structured Fe3O4@CuS for Effective Gold Capture and Recovery. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2023, 6, 12, 10837–10844 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.3c01772)

3. Jinsong Xia*, Ahmad Ghahreman, Platinum Group Metals Recycling from Spent Automotive Catalysts: Metallurgical Extraction and Recovery Technologies. Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 311, 123357 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2023.123357)

4. Jinsong Xia*, Julia Twinney, Rajashekhar Marthi, Ahmad Ghahreman, Ultra-efficient and Selective Recovery of Au(III) Using Magnetic Fe3S4/Fe7S8. Separation and Purification Technology, 2023, 306, Part A, 122611 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.seppur.2022.122611)

5. Jinsong Xia*, Rajashekhar Marthi, Julia Twinney, Ahmad Ghahreman, A Review on Adsorption Mechanism of Gold Cyanide Complex onto Activation Carbon. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 2022, 111, 35-42 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2022.04.014)

6. Jinsong Xia, Harshit Mahandra, Ahmad Ghahreman, Efficient Gold Recovery from Cyanide Solution Using Magnetic Activated Carbon. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2021, 13, 40, 47642–47649 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c13920)

7. Jinsong Xia, Na Zhang, Shaokun Chong, De Li, Yong Chen, Chenghua Sun, Three-dimensional porous graphene-like sheets synthesized from biocarbon via low-temperature graphitization for a supercapacitor. Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 694-700 (https://doi.org/10.1039/C7GC03426A) 2018 Green Chemistry Hot Articles

8. Na Liu, Yanli Su, Zhiqiang Wang, Zhen Wang, Jinsong Xia, Yong Chen, Zhigang Zhao, Qingwen Li, Fengxia Geng, Electrostatic-Interaction-Assisted Construction of 3D Networks of Manganese Dioxide Nanosheets for Flexible High-Performance Solid-State Asymmetric Supercapacitors. ACS Nano, 2017, 11, 7879−7888 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.7b02344)

9. Chao Yao, Yan Mo, Xiaobo Jia, Xianglei Chen, Jinsong Xia, Yong Chen, LiMnPO4 surface coating on LiNi0.5Co0.2Mn0.3O2 by a simple sol-gel method and improving electrochemical properties. Solid State Ionics, 2018, 317, 156-163 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssi.2018.01.018)

10. Bo Hou, Lihong Yin, Jinsong Xia, Rongwei Yan, Yong Chen, Research progress of electrode materials for Super-capacitor. Journal of Henan University (Natural Science), 2016, 46, 286-299 (https://doi.org/10.15991/j.cnki.411100.2016.03.004)

11. Rongwei Yan, Bo Hou, Jinsong Xia, Shuo Yang, Feng Yu, Yong Chen, Adjustment of Pore Structure of Coconut Shell Activated Carbon and Its Influence on the Performance of Supercapacitors. Journal of synthetic crystals, 2018, 47, 550-555 (http://doi.org/10.16553/j.cnki.issn1000-985x.2018.03.016)

Selected Honors & Awards

Dean's Teaching Assistant Award

Pickles Family Scholarship

Margaret Anderson Graduate Scholarship

Jinsong Xia, PhD

BS, Materials Science and Engineering,

Hainan University, Haikou, China

MS, Materials Science and Engineering,

Hainan University, Haikou, China

PhD, Mining Engineering

Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Professional Experience

Research Scientist,

Caltech, Pasadena, USA

Casual Research Associate,

Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Teaching Fellow,

Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Teaching Assistant,

Queen's University, Kingston, Canada

Compound Design Engineer,

GITI Tire R&D Center, Hefei, China

10/2023 -

07/2023 - 09/2023

09/2022 - 12/2022

05/2020 - 04/2022

11/2018 - 05/2019

2022 Fall

2020 Summer

2020 Fall

2021 Winter

2021 Fall

2022 Winter

2022 Winter

1. Yong Chen, Jinsong Xia, Chenhua Sun, A method of preparing three-dimensional porous graphene sheets and its application. Publication Number: CN108002370A, 2018-05-08 (https://patents.google.com/patent/CN108002370A/zh)

Patent