Zhu Qingshi was the President of the Southern University of Science and Technology from 2009 to 2014.

He received his first degree in 1968 from China University of Technology. He received an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Soka University of Japan and Nottingham University.

Professor Zhu is a famous physical chemist in China. He was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Science in 1991 and as an Academician of Third World Academy of Sciences in 2001. He was the president of the University of Science and Technology of China from 1998 to 2008, elected as a Fellow of American Physical Society in 1995 and the Institute of Physics in 2004.