Born in 1963, got his M. Eng degree in 1990 from South China University of Technology, and M. Sc degree in 2002 from Colorado University at Boulder, USA. He has been a professor at Institute of Process Engineering, CAS, since 2012. He is mainly engaged in R & D of fluidization technology in metallurgical industry. As principal designer, he took part in developing a series of new processes, for high-efficient separating Vanadium, Titanium, Manganese and so on, from the ores. Most of them have been put into operation.  As author of over thirty journal papers，he won a second prize of national invention in 2019.

1. Z. Zou, Y. L. Zhao, H. Zhao, H. Z. Li, Q. S. Zhu, Z. H. Xie. Hydrodynamic and solids residence time distribution in a binary bubbling fluidized bed: 3D computational study coupled with the structure-based drag model. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2017, 321: 184-194.

2. Peng, Q.S. Zhu, Z.H. Xie. Simulation procedures for glass transition temperatures and thermal  expansion coefficients of BaO-B2O3 glasses. Physics and Chemistry of Glasses: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology Part B, 2016, 57: 21-26.

3. Z. Du, Q.S. Zhu, C.L. Fan, F. Pan, H.Z. Li and Z.H. Xie. Influence of Reduction Condition on the Morphology of Newly Formed Metallic Iron During the Fluidized Bed Reduction of Fine Iron Ores and its Corresponding Agglomeration Behavior. Steel research international, 2016, 87: 789-797.

4. C. Lei, G.Y. Zhang, Q.S. Zhu, Z.H. Xie. Optimization of carbon deposition process during the pre-reduction of fine iron ore in a fluidized bed. Powder Technology, 2016, 296: 79-86.