Qun Zong received the Bachelor, Master and Ph.D degrees in automatic control from Tianjin University, Tianjin, China, in 1983, 1988 and 2002, respectively. He is currently a Professor and one of academic pacesetters in Control theory and Control Engineering at the school of Electrical and Information Engineering, Tianjin University.

Prof. Zong is currently the director of New Aircraft Guidance and Control Center of Ministry of Education, the expert group’s deputy head of Major Project of Chinese Ministry of Education, the deputy director of New Aircraft Joint Research Center. He is also serves as an Editorial Board Member for several scientific journals, including Journal of Control Theory and Applications, Journal of Astronautics, etc. Moreover, he is a Committee member of Chinese Association of Automation Control Theory Technical Committee, Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee of CSAA, etc. As the project leader, he has presided over the completion of more than 30 National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Key Project Foster Funds, the Ministry of Education Major Project Foster Funds, Tianjin Key Fund, Tianjin Key Scientific and Technological Projects, etc. He has authored or coauthored more than 160 peer-reviewed domestic and international journal papers, more than 20 patents and 1 monograph.

His research interests include guidance, control and simulation for flight vehicle, coordination control of multi-agent system, fault diagnosis and fault-tolerant control, complex system modeling and optimization control.

• Guidance, Control and Simulation for Flight Vehicle
• Coordination Control of Multi-Agent System
• Fault Diagnosis and Fault-Tolerant Control
• Complex System Modeling and Optimization Control

• Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award, Third Prize,“Development and product development of the core control device of intelligent elevator system”, rank first
• Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Award, Second Prize,“Development of elevator remote monitoring management system”, rank first

• Qi Dong, Qun Zong, Bailing Tian, et al. Adaptive-gain multivariable super-twisting sliding mode control for reentry RLV with torque perturbation[J]. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2017, 27(4): 620-638..2019
• Qi Dong, Qun Zong, Bailing Tian, Chaofan Zhang, et al. Adaptive disturbance observer-based finite-time continuous fault-tolerant control for reentry RLV[J]. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2017, DOI: 10.1002..2019
• Qun Zong, Qi Dong, Bailing Tian and Wang Fang. Integrated finite-time disturbance observer and controller design for reusable launch vehicle in reentry phase[J]. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2016, 30(1): 04016076..2019
• Qun Zong, Qi Dong, Wang Fang, Bailing Tian. Super twisting sliding mode control for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle based on disturbance observer[J]. Science China Information Science, 2015, 58(7): 1-15..2017
• Ming You, Qun Zong, Bailing Tian, et al. Fixed-time re-entry attitude control based on nonsingular terminal sliding mode[J]. IMA Journal of Mathematical Control and Information, 2017: dnx010..2019
• Ming You, Qun Zong, Bailing Tian, et al. Nonsingular terminal sliding mode control for reusable launch vehicle with atmospheric disturbances[J]. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2017: 0954410017708211..2019
• Qun Zong, Ming You, Fanlin, Zeng, Liqian Dou. Aeroservoelastic modeling and analysis of a six-DOF hypersonic flight vehicle[J]. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2016, 230(7): 1240-1251..2019
• Qun Zong, Shikai Shao. Decentralized finite-time attitude synchronization for multiple rigid spacecraft via a novel disturbance observer. ISA Transactions, 2016 65: 150-163..2019
• Qun Zong, Fang Wang, Bailing Tian. Robust Adaptive dynamic surface control design for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle with input constraints and uncertainty[J]. Nonlinear Dynamics. 2014, 78(1): 289-315..2017
• Rui Su, Qun Zong, Bailing Tian, You Ming. Comprehensive design of disturbance observer and non-singular terminal sliding mode control for reusable launch vehicles[J]. IET Control Theory and Application. 2015, 9(12): 1821-1830..2019
• Qun Zong, Fang Wang, Bailing Tian, Jie Wang. Robust Adaptive Approximate Backstepping Control Design for a Flexible Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle[J]. Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 2015, 28(4): 04014107..2019
• Jie Wang, Qun Zong, Rui Su, Bailing Tian. Continuous high order sliding mode controller design for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle[J]. ISA Transactions. 2014, 53(3): 690–698..2019
• Fang Wang, Qun Zong, Bailing Tian. Adaptive Backstepping Finite Time Attitude Control of Reentry RLV with Input Constraint[J]. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2014..2017
• Qun Zong, Fang Wang, Bailing Tian. Nonlinear Adaptive Filter Backstepping Flight Control for Reentry Vehicle with Input Constraint and External Disturbances[J]. Proc IMechE Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 2014, 228(6): 889–907..2019
• Qun Zong, Fang Wang, Bailing Tian. Robust Adaptive Approximate Backstepping Control of a Flexible Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle with Input Constraint and Uncertainty[J]. Proc IMechE Part I: Journal of Systems and Control Engineering. 2014, 228(7): 521-539..2019
• Qun Zong, Fang Wang, Rui Su, Shikai Shao. Robust Adaptive Backstepping Tracking Control for a Flexible Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle Subject to Input Constraint[J]. Proc IMechE Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering. 2015, 229(1): 10-25..2017
• Qun Zong, Jie Wang. Adaptive high order dynamic sliding mode control for a flexible air-breathing hypersonic vehicle[J]. International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control. 2013, 23(15): 1718-1736..2017