Yibo Xu

The publications attributed to this name span highly disparate subjects—including air pollution exposure and health in older adults, brake wear particulate emissions, electrocatalysis, thermal energy storage materials, terahertz spectroscopy of crystals, astronomical instrument calibration, and orthopedic bone treatments—suggesting this record may aggregate work from multiple researchers sharing the same name rather than a single coherent research program. Within the environmental health cluster, the work focuses on measuring personal exposure to airborne chemicals and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs, pollutants from combustion) in healthy older adults and linking these exposures to biological aging, cognitive function, and metabolic health. Prospective students should independently verify which specific publications and topics belong to the PI they are considering, given the apparent breadth of unrelated fields.

Publication output has grown substantially over the last decade, rising from about 2-3 papers per year around 2017-2021 to 9-16 papers per year from 2022-2025.

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