ZhongJun Ding(丁忠军)

Zhongjun Ding received the B.E. degree in industrial electrical automation from the Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, China, in 1996, and the Ph.D. degree in marine geophysics from the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, in 2013. He is now a Professor-Level Senior Engineer and the Deputy Chief Engineer with the National Deep Sea Center, Qingdao. As the Assistant and the Deputy General Commander of JiaoLong’s experimental application voyage, he completed the on- site technical support work of China Ocean voyage 31, 35, and 37 continuously. He has been in charge of many major projects, such as the National Key Research and Development Program of China and National Marine Public Welfare Projects. He has authored more than 30 articles and more than 10 invention patents. His main research interests include manned submersible operation support and manned deep submersible exploration technology.