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Jingyuan  Xu

(James)    Physical Scientist **/ARSUserFiles/10596/research summary james .jpg**   **Biography and Research** Dr. Jingyuan (James) Xu has been a Research Physical Scientist at NCAUR, USDA-ARS, Peoria, IL since 1998. He received his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, his M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Beijing Institute of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China, and his Ph.D. in Biophysics and Biophysical Chemistry from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Xu conducted post doctoral research on the physical properties of biopolymers. Dr. Xu is a member of a team of scientists currently conducting research on developing value-added, nano-sized biomaterials, such as nano-cellulose and nano-lignin, from agricultural wastes. Dr. Xu’s research combines Biochemistry, Physical, Analytical, and Organic chemistries, Biophysics, and Materials science.   **Publications Indexed by Scopus** Click here to view Scopus entries for James Xuin a new tab. (The Scopus results may not reflect a complete or accurate listing for this scientist. Some journals may not be indexed by Scopus, and there may be articles by other authors of the same name listed by this search).  **Google Scholar Link** https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lGR9rjIAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao


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