Ph.D. Candidate
Purdue University
Yi Ji is a Ph.D. candidate from Environmental Ecological Engineering (EEE) program at Purdue University. She is co-advised by Dr. Fu Zhao and Dr. Chad T. Jafvert. She received her M.S. degree from EEE program at Purdue in 2019. Her research mainly focuses on cathode materials sustainable recovery from spent lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles and fluoride pollution reduction during recycling process. She is currently involved in projects funded by Critical Materials Institute (CMI). Yi is responsible for improving metal recovery efficiency, analyzing emissions during recycling, and evaluating characteristics of final products.