Loretta Li
Professor
lli@civil.ubc.ca
Home department: Civil Engineering
Research Interests
- Emerging Contaminants
- Microplastics
- Contaminant Fate and Transport
- Environmental Assessment
- Stormwater
- Mine Leachate
- Water-Soil/Sediment Treatment
- Sustainable Remediation Technology
- Landfill and Leachate Management
- Sewage-Sludge/Biosolid Management
- Waste-to-Resources Processes
- Water Distribution Pipe Corrosion Control
Biography
Dr. Lorretta Li led and founded the UBC Cluster for Microplastics, Health and the Environment in 2021 with a group of outstanding researchers. Dr. Li’s research has helped influence strategic planning efforts and key policy decisions on issues related to contaminated sites and contamination by per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFASs), as well as polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). She has worked with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Stockholm Convention, Environment Canada, Health Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the BC Ministry of Environment in addressing these chemicals of emerging concern.
In the past, Dr. Li has served as a project engineer and as a junior structural engineer, and worked with a number of professional societies and associations. She has made significant technical contributions to her profession. Her findings on metals dispersion and distributions along highway were used by the B.C. Ministry of Transportation (MOT) and Infrastructure. Her research has also been used extensively in environmental assessments along the Sea-to-Sky, Gateway, Okanagan Lake Bridge and Highway 37 Widening projects.