1982年10月出生，博士，长期从事山地灾害致灾机理及风险预报预警等方面的研究。2007年6月在中山大学获理学硕士学位，2014年7月在中国科学院成都山地灾害与环境研究所获理学博士学位。2020年8月至今，中国科学院成都山地灾害与环境研究所研究员。
主要从事山洪泥石流等灾害致灾机理、风险演化、预报预警、气候变化灾害效应等方面的研究。
[1] 2020年，中国科学院杰出科技成就奖（集体）；
[2] 2020年，西藏自治区科学技术奖一等奖；
[3] 2022年，中国测绘学会优秀地图作品裴秀奖金奖；
[4] 2016年，中国水土保持学会科学技术一等奖；
[5] 2023年，山地灾害风险模拟与险情预报系统，中国地理科学十大研究进展.
发表SCI等论文80余篇,副主编出版学术专著4部,授权发明专利和软件著作权15项。
[1] 崔鹏,邹强,等.川藏交通廊道山地灾害演化规律与工程风险.科学出版社,2021.
[2] 崔鹏,邹强等.自然灾害风险地图集.科学出版社,2021.
[3] Peng Cui,Qiang Zou,Haijun Qiu,Koert Sijmons,Atlas of Silk Road Disaster Risk.科学出版社,2022.11
[4] Qiang Zou,Peng Cui,Zhengtao,Koert Sijimons,Giacomo Titti,Shusong Li,Hu Jiang.A novel approach of multi-hazard integrated zonation on the ancient Silk Road. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 2022, 82, 103325.
[5] Qiang Zou,Hu Jiang,Peng Cui,et al.,A new approach to assess landslide susceptibility based on slope failure mechanisms[J].Catena,2021,204(4):105388.
[6] Qiang Zou, Peng Cui, Hu Jiang, Jiao Wang,Cong Li,Bing Zhou. Analysis of regional river blocking by debris flows in response to climate change. Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 741: 1-16.
[7] Qiang Zou, Peng Cui, Yu Lei, Shengnan Wu, Javed Iqbal. Launch of the Atlas of Silk Road Disaster Risk. Landslides, 2020,17:1739–1740. DOI 10.1007/s10346-020-01411-9.
[8] Qiang Zou, Peng Cui, Jing He, Lei Yu, Shusong Li. Regional risk assessment of debris flows in China—An HRU-based approach. Geomorphology, 2019, 340: 84-102.
[9] Qiang Zou, Peng Cui, Gordon G. D. Zhou, Shusong Li, Jianxi Tang, Shuai Li. A new approach to assessing vulnerability of mountain highways subject to debris flows in China. Progress in Physical Geography.2018,42(3):305-329.
[10] Qiang Zou, Gongdan Zhou, Shusong Li, Chaojun Ouyang, Jinbo Tang. Dynamic-process analysis and hazard prediction of debris flow in eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau area-- a case study at RiDi gully. Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. 2017, 49(3): 373-390.
[11] Jiang, H., Zou, Q. *, Jiang, Y., Zhou, B., Yao, H., Cui, J., ... & Chen, S. (2024). Development of an integrated model for assessing landslide susceptibility on vegetated slopes under random rainfall scenarios. Ecological Engineering,2024, 199, 107150.
[12] Zhou, B., Zou, Q. *, Jiang, H., Yang, T., Zhou, W., Chen, S., & Yao, H. (2024). A novel framework for predicting glacial lake outburst debris flows in the Himalayas amidst climate change. Science of The Total Environment, 946, 174435.
[13] Jiang, H., Zou, Q. *, Zhou, B., Jiang, Y., Cui, J., Yao, H., & Zhou, W. Estimation of Shallow Landslide Susceptibility Incorporating the Impacts of Vegetation on Slope Stability. International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2023, 14(4), 618-635.
[14] Zhou, B., Zou, Q. *, Jiang, H., Yang, T., Zhou, W. T., Chen, S. Y., & Yao, H. K. Process-driven susceptibility assessment of glacial lake outburst debris flow in the Himalayas under climate change. Advances in Climate Change Research.2023, 15,500-514.
[15] Wentao Zhou, Qiang Zou*, Siyu Chen, Hu Jiang, Bin Zhou, Hongkun Yao, Tao Yang. Geomatics,Extreme Climate and Human Activities Contribute to Low-frequency, Large-scale Catastrophic Debris Flow: A Case Study in the Heishui Gully. Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk,2023, 15(1).
[16] Chen, S., Zou, Q. *, Wang, B., Zhou, W., Yang, T., Jiang, H., ... & Yao, H. (2023). Disaster risk management of debris flow based on time-series contribution mechanism (CRMCD): Nonnegligible ecological vulnerable multi-ethnic communities. Ecological Indicators, 157, 111266.
[17] Jiang H, Zou Q*, Zhou B, Hu Z, Li C, Yao S, Yao H. Susceptibility Assessment of Debris Flows Coupled with Ecohydrological Activation in the Eastern Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Remote Sensing. 2022; 14(6):1444.
主持国家自然科学基金项目、科技部研发专项课题、中科院人才团队项目、国家自然科学基金重大项目子课题、科技部第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究子专题、科技部资源调查项目子课题、中国科学院Ａ类战略性先导科技专项子课题、中国科学院科技服务网络计划（STS）重大项目课题、四川省重点研发项目等纵向科研项目20余项。
在研项目主要包括：
［1］ 国家自然科学基金面上项目，高山区公路泥石流致灾机理与工程风险研究，主持；
［2］ 国家重点研发计划课题，西南诸河上游水电工程扰动生态效应与边坡退化机制，主持；
［3］ 中国科学院西部交叉团队人才项目，山地灾害过程精细模拟与风险预警研究，主持；
［4］ 中国科学院A类先导专项项目，内外动力耦合作用下工程灾害风险预测，主持；
［5］ 科技部第二次青藏高原综合科学考察研究子专题，喜马拉雅山区泥石流灾害调查与风险，主持。