1965年 7月生，汉族，籍贯广东顺德，九三学社社员。 中国科学院广州地球化学研究所研究员。国家杰出青年科学基金获得者（2005年度）。主持或作为主要成员完成国家自然科学重点基金、国家重点基础研究发展计划（973计划）项目课题、国家自然科学面上基金、中科院创新项目、广东省自然科学基金等科研项目10多项。在国内外学术刊物上发表论文100余篇，其中SCI收录论文70多篇。研究成果获国家级奖1项，省部委级奖2项。近十年来一直致力于环境中有机污染物的分析及研究工作，建立了一套完善的有机污染物分离分析及其质量控制/质量保证（QA/QC）系统，在珠江三角洲环境中有机污染物的分布特征、来源、输入途径和污染历史及生物富集等方面做了大量的工作，在过去的研究工作中，发现了珠江三角洲二个高风险水下沉积区；深入研究了高污染沉积区的形成及活化机制；系统研究了有机氯农药、多氯联苯、多环芳烃、多溴联苯醚等典型持久性有机污染物的污染历史、趋势、沉积演化，及其与区域社会经济发展间的关系；近期，所领导的课题组在国内率先开展环境中新的持久性有机污染物—溴代阻燃剂污染的研究工作，确定我国环境中多溴联苯醚污染以十溴联苯醚为主，在国际上较早发现十溴联苯醚在陆生生物中的富集。培养博士和硕士研究生10多名。

1. 2007年，珠江三角洲环境毒害有机污染物研究，获国家自然科学二等奖（排名第三）；

2. 2004年，珠江三角洲毒害有机污染物研究，获广东省科学技术一等奖（排名第四）；

3. 1999年，饮用水深度处理组合工艺技术，获广东省科技进步三等奖（排名第五）。

1. Luo, X. J., Zhang, X.L., Liu, J., Wu, J.P., Luo, Y., Chen, S.J.,Mai, B.X.*,Yang, Z.Y., Persistent halogenated compounds in waterbirds from an e-waste recycling region inSouth China. Environmental Science and Technology.( in press)

2. Wu J.P., Luo X.J., Zhang Y., Luo Y., Chen S.J., Mai B.X.,* Yang Z.Y., Bioaccumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in wild aquatic species from an electronic waste (e-waste) recycling site in South China, Environment International.2008,34,1109-1113.

3. Hu G.C., Luo X.J., Dai J.Y.*, Zhang X.L., Wu H., Zhang C.L., Guo W., Xu M.Q., Mai B.X.*, Wei F.W., Brominated Flame Retardants, Polychlorinated Biphenyls, and Organochlorine Pesticides in Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) from China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2008, 42, 4704-4709.  

4. Chen S.J., Luo X.J., Lin Z., Luo Y., Li K.C., Peng X.Z., Mai B. X.*, Ran Y., Zeng E.Y., Time trends of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in sediment cores from the Pearl River Estuary, South China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2007, 41(16),5595-5600 .

5. Chen D., Mai B.X., Song J., Sun Q.H., Luo Y., Luo X.J., Zeng E.Y., Hale R.C.*, Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in birds of prey from Northern China. Environ. Sci. Technol., 2007, 41, 1828-1833.

6. Chen L.G., Mai B.X.,* Bi X.H., Chen S.J., Wang X.M., Ran Y., Luo X.J., Sheng G.Y., Fu J.M., Zeng E.Y., Concentration levels, compositional profiles and gas-particle partitioning of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the atmosphere of an urban city in South China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2006 , 40,1190-1196.

7. Mai B.X.,* Chen S.J., Luo X.J., Chen L.G., Yang Q.S., Sheng G.Y., Peng P.A., Fu J.M., Zeng E.Y., Distribution of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Sediments of the Pearl River Delta and Adjacent South China Sea. Environmental Science and Technology, 2005, 39, 3521-3527. .

8. Mai B.X.,* Zeng E.Y., Luo X.J., Yang Q.S., Zhang G., Li X.D., Sheng G,Y., Fu J.M., Abundances, Depositional Fluxes, and Homologue Patterns of Polychlorinated Biphenyls in Dated Sediment Cores from the Pearl River Delta, China. Environmental Science and Technology, 2005, 39 , 49-56. 

9.  Mai B.X.,* Qi S.H., Zeng E.Y., Yang Q.S., Zhang G., Fu J.M., Sheng G..Y., Peng P.A., Wang Z.S. Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in the Coastal Region off Macao, China: Assessment of Input Sources and Transport Pathways Using Compositional Analysis. Environmental Science and Technology, 2003, 37,4855-4863.

10. Mai B.X.,* Fu J.M., Sheng G.Y., Kang Y.H., Lin Z., Zhang G., Min Y. S., Zeng E. Y., Chlorinated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in riverine and estuarine sediments from Pearl River Delta, China. Environmental Pollution, 2002, 117,457-474.