Dr Xinyuan Ke is specialised in material characterisation, cement chemistry, waste utilisation and management (check her group website here! https://www.xke-lab.com/). She is working on developing sustainable construction materials with high performance. Her research focuses on both microstructure analysis and macro-scale performance prediction for alternative cementitious materials, including geopolymer, alkali-activated cement, calcined clays, and calcium aluminate-phosphate cement.

The full list of her current publications can be found via:

https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=Qx_D6mAAAAAJ&hl=en

Her current research interests include:

• To understand the fundamental physical chemistry of sustainable cement using advanced materials characterisation (e.g. XRD, Raman, XRF, Solid State NMR), and thermodynamic modelling
• Developing of smart chemical additive using functional nanomaterial for designing sustainable concrete
• Advanced data science for automation of the concrete design and performance prediction.
• Durability assessment of sustainable concrete (e.g. chloride induced corrosion, carbonation, acid attack)
• Nuclear waste encapsulation and solidification using inorganic binders.
• Life cycle assessment