Qiong Deng received her doctoral degree in applied chemistry from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2005. She worked as engineer and senior engineer at the Shaanxi Institute of Applied Physics and Chemistry (1988-2000), postdoctoral researcher at School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University (2005–2007), associate professor and professor at School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University (2007 – now). Her research topics mainly include: mechanical testing of pyrotechnic products, and impact dynamics.