Dr. Peng received her bachelor’s degree of hydraulic machinery and master’s degree of hydraulics and river dynamics both in Tsinghua University, China, and doctoral degree of river and basin environmentology in Tokyo University, Japan.
Her major research fields include hydraulic engineering, water environment engineering, river pollution control and restoration, water environment management of estuaries and lakes, risks of water-related disaster, river ecological health, and multi-functional dam regulation and management. As the project manager or major participant, she has been responsible, or served as the team leading or technical expert, for more than 40 scientific research projects. She has also published more than 90 papers on journals both at home and abroad, and 6 books.