From 1982 to 1993 he taught at Jiangxi Institute of Technology, becoming associate professor in 1987 and to full professor in 1992. From 1990 to 1993, he was a researcher at the Royal Society and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. In May 1993 he joined the faculty of Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Tsinghua University, where he became a doctoral supervisor in 1994 and a director of the Department of Engineering Mechanics in 2004,

Zheng Quanshui (Chinese: 郑泉水 ; born March 1961) is a Chinese scientist currently serving as a professor and doctoral supervisor at Tsinghua University.

Zheng was born in the town of Huwan [zh] , Jinxi County, Jiangxi in March 1961. He holds a number of degrees starting with bachelor’s degree in Industrial and civil buildings from Jiangxi Institute of Technology (now Nanchang University, 1982), then a master’s degree in applied mathematics from Beijing University (1985), a master’s degree in solid mechanics from Hunan University (1985), and a doctor’s degree from Tsinghua University (1989).