2006.09-2011.12, 中科院寒旱所冰冻圈与全球变化研究室, 从事我国冰川与环境变化研究，自然地理学/冰冻圈与环境专业，获得博士学位; 2013.10-2016.12, 中科院寒旱所冰冻圈与全球变化研究室, 助理研究员; 2016.12-至今, 中国科学院西北生态环境资源研究院，冰冻圈与全球变化研究室, 副研究员; 2017.12-2018.12, 德国科隆大学/地球物理与气象研究所, 访问学者。

2010年获中国科学院院长优秀奖，获中科院研究生院BHP Billiton 奖学金，朱李月华优秀博士生奖学金；2011年获得刘东生地球科学奖学金，卢嘉锡优秀研究生奖学金；2012年度获国科大优秀毕业生，2014年度荣获中国科学院百篇优秀博士学位论文奖，2017年1月获得冰冻圈科学国家重点实验室青年学术奖； 2017年获得甘肃省高等学校优秀科研成果二等奖。

Dong Z, et al. Hf-Nd-Sr isotopic composition as fingerprint for long-range transported aeolian dust deposition in glacier snowpack of eastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2018. Dong Z, et al. Composition and mixing states of brown haze particle over the Himalayas along two transboundary south-north transects. Atmospheric Environment, 2017, 156: 24~35. doi:10.1016/j. atmosenv. 2017.02.029.
Dong Z, et al. Provenance of cryoconite deposited on the glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: New insights from Nd-Sr isotopic composition and size distribution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2016, 121: 7371~7382. doi:10.1002/2016JD024944.
Dong Z, et al. Individual particles of cryoconite deposited on the mountain glaciers of the Tibetan Plateau: Insights into chemical composition and sources. Atmospheric Environment, 2016, 138: 114~124. doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv. 2016.05.020.
Dong Z, et al. Physicochemical characteristics and sources of atmospheric dust deposition in snow packs on the glaciers of western Qilian Mountains, China. Tellus B, 2014, 66: 20956. doi:10.3402 /tellusb.v66.20956
Dong Z,et al. Temporal and diurnal analysis of trace elements in the Cryospheric water at remote Laohugou basin in northeast Tibetan Plateau, Chemosphere, 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.12.088
Dong Z, et al. Physicochemical impacts of dust particles on alpine glacier melt water at the Laohugou glacier basin in western Qilian Mountains, China. Science of the Total Environment, 2014, 493: 930~942.
Dong Z,et al. New insights into trace elements deposition in the snowpacks at remote alpine glaciers in the northern Tibetan Plateau China. Science of the Total Environment, 2015, 529: 101-113.
Dong Z, et al., Changes in precipitating snow chemistry with seasonality in the remote Laohugou glacier basin, western Qilian Mountains. Environ Sci Pollut Res, 2017, doi: 10.1007/s11356-017-8778-y.
Dong Z, et al. Characteristics of atmospheric dust deposition in snow on the glaciers of eastern Tian Shan, China. Journal of Glaciology, 2009, 55(193): 797-804
Dong Z, et al., Temporal characteristics of mineral dust particles in precipitation of Urumqi River Valley in Tian Shan, China: A comparison of alpine site and rural site, Atmospheric Research, 2011, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres. 2011.03.002.

先后主持国家基金委面上项目、青年科学基金项目、中科院西部之光项目、中科院青年创新促进会项目、中国博士后基金、冰冻圈科学国家重点实验室自主课题项目等10多项。目前承担中国科学院青年创新促进会专项资助、国家自然科学基金面上项目等。