2017 –    : Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2010 – 2011: Visiting Fellow, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Princeton University

2008 – 2017:Associate Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2001 – 2008: Lecturer, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University

2001 – 2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Hydraulic Engineering, Tsinghua University

1、Hydrological responses in catchments under climate changes

2、Eco-hydrological responses on climate changes and human activities

3、Ecological and hydrological effects of photovoltaic power station

4、Integration of hydropower, wind power and photovoltaic power

1、Zhang, Z. F., Cong, Z. T., Gao, B., Li, G., Wang X. Y. (2024), The water level change and its attribution of the Qinghai Lake from 1960 to 2020, Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 52: 101688.

2、Li, Y. B., Cong, Z. T., Yang, D. W. (2024), The ecohydrological response to soil moisture based on the distributed hydrological assimilation model in the mountain region, Ecohydrology, 17(1), e2606.

3、Zhang, N., Zhang, Z. F., Cong, Z. T., Lei, H. M., and Luo, Y. (2023). The impact of photovoltaic power plants on surface energy budget based on an ecohydrological model. Renewable Energy, 212, 589-600.

4、Li, Y. B., Cong, Z. T., Yang, D. W. (2023). Remotely sensed soil moisture assimilation in the distributed hydrological model based on the error subspace transform Kalman filter. Remote Sensing, 15, 1852.

5、Shahid, M., Cong, Z. T, Zhang, D. W. (2018). Understanding the impacts of climate change and human activities on streamflow: a case study of the Soan River basin, Pakistan. Theor Appl Climatol, 134, 205–219

6、Shen, Q. N., Cong, Z. T. and Lei, H. M. (2017), Evaluating the impact of climate and underlying surface change on runoff within the Budyko framework a study across 224 catchments in China, Journal of Hydrology, 554, 251-262.

7、Zhang, L. X., Cong, Z. T., Zhang, D. W. and Li, Q. S (2017), Response of vegetation dynamics to climatic variables across a precipitation gradient in the Northeast China Transect, Hydrological Sciences Journal,62(10), 1517-1531.

8、Cong, Z. T., Li, Q. S., Mo, K. L., Zhang, L. X. and Shen, H. (2017), Ecohydrological optimality in the Northeast China Transect. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(5), 2449-2462.

9、Cong, Z. T., Shen, Q. N., Zhou, L., Sun, T. and Liu, J. H (2017), Evapotranspiration estimation considering anthropogenic heat based on remote sensing in urban area, Science China Earth Sciences, 60(4), 659-671.

10、Cong, Z. T., Shahid, M., Zhang, D. W., Lei, H. M., & Yang, D. W (2017), Attribution of runoff change in the alpine basin: a case study of the Heihe Upstream Basin, China. Hydrological Sciences Journal, 62(6), 1013-1028.

11、Pan, B., and Z. Cong (2016), Information Analysis of Catchment Hydrologic Patterns across Temporal Scales, Adv Meteorol, 2016, 1891465.

12、Mo, K. L., Z. T. Cong, and H. M. Lei (2016), Optimal vegetation cover in the Horqin Sands, China, Ecohydrology, 9(4), 700-711.

13、Zhang, D., Z. Cong, G. Ni, D. Yang, and S. Hu (2015), Effects of snow ratio on annual runoff within the Budyko framework, Hydrol Earth Syst Sc, 19(4), 1977-1992.

14、Cong, Z. T., X. Y. Zhang, D. Li, H. B. Yang, and D. W. Yang (2015), Understanding hydrological trends by combining the Budyko hypothesis and a stochastic soil moisture model, Hydrolog Sci J, 60(1), 145-155.

15、Zhang, X. Y., and Z. T. Cong (2014), Trends of precipitation intensity and frequency in hydrological regions of China from 1956 to 2005, Global Planet Change, 117, 40-51.

16、Li, D., M. Pan, Z. T. Cong, L. Zhang, and E. Wood (2013), Vegetation control on water and energy balance within the Budyko framework, Water Resources Research, 49(2), 969-976.

17、Cong, Z. T., J. J. Zhao, D. W. Yang, and G. H. Ni (2010), Understanding the hydrological trends of river basins in China, Journal of Hydrology, 388(3-4), 350-356.

18、Yang, H. J., Z. T. Cong, Z. W. Liu, and Z. D. Lei (2010), Estimating sub-pixel temperatures using the triangle algorithm, Int J Remote Sens, 31(23), 6047-6060.

19、Cong, Z. T., D. W. Yang, and G. H. Ni (2009), Does evaporation paradox exist in China?, Hydrol Earth Syst Sc, 13(3), 357-366.

20、Cong, Z. T., D. W. Yang, B. Gao, H. B. Yang, and H. P. Hu (2009), Hydrological trend analysis in the Yellow River basin using a distributed hydrological model, Water Resources Research, 45, W00A13.