Peng received her Ph.D. in physics from the University of Science and Technology of China. After postdoctoral positions at the University of Innsbruck in Austria and the University of Calgary in Canada, she joined the Southeast University in China in 2009, where she currently holds a chair professorship. Her research involves a range of topics in quantum information, quantum optics, and non-Hermitian physics. She was a member of the Editorial Board of Physical Review A (PRA) from 2023 to 2026.
