Zilong Peng is an Associate Professor at the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology. He serves as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Vibration and Noise, Director of the Vibration and Noise Laboratory, and a supervisor for master’s students. His primary research focuses on ship vibration and acoustics.

He is a selected talent of Jiangsu Province’s "333 High-Level Talent Training Project," a Jiangsu Province Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ph.D. Talent, a member of the Vibration and Noise Group of the Ship Mechanics Committee, and a committee member of the Youth Committee of the Jiangsu Society for Vibration Engineering.

Dr. Peng has led five national and provincial-level projects, including those funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and has presided over three sub-projects under key national-level programs. He has also led more than 50 industry-funded projects. He is a reviewer for journals such as Ocean Engineering, Acta Armamentarii, and Acta Acustica.

He has supervised over 20 graduate students, received the Marine Engineering Science and Technology Award, and guided students to win multiple national and provincial-level competition awards. He has published 30 SCI/EI-indexed papers (as first or corresponding author) in journals including Ocean Engineering, Applied Acoustics, and Acta Acustica. He holds 7 authorized invention patents and 2 software copyrights.