Tong Zhu

Nation/Region-nominated Member

Tong Zhu

China

Name: Tong Zhu
Position: Assistant Researcher, School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University
Birthdate: March 1994
Email: zhutongt@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Tong Zhu is an Assistant Researcher at the School of Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University. He obtained his Bachelor's and Doctoral degrees from Tsinghua University. He previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Engineer at China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC), and as Deputy Chief Engineer for the Dalian Jinzhouwan International Airport project, the world's largest offshore artificial island airport. His research mainly focuses on geotechnical earthquake engineering and construction technologies.

He has served as PI for national research projects, including the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation. He has published one monograph and over 30 papers, and contributed to the development of two national standards. He was named an Outstanding Graduate of Tsinghua University, received the Excellent Doctoral Dissertation Award of Tsinghua University and the Beijing Science and Technology Award (first prize), and was selected for the Young Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology in 2023.

He serves concurrently as a Core Member of the Young Member Presidential Group of ISSMGE and as Deputy Secretary-General of the Youth Working Committee of the Chinese Institution of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering.