Tong Sun was awarded BEng, MEng and DEng in Precision Instrumentation from Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), China in 1990, 1993 and 1998 respectively and PhD in Applied Physics at City University London in 1999.

Tong Sun is Professor of Sensor Engineering at City, University of London and leads research in developing and applying optical fibre sensors and instrumentation to address topical industrial problems.  She was recognised in 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours List by the award of an OBE for services to engineering and holds a Faiveley Brecknell Willis/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair. In 2020 she was elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and in 2024 she was invited as Honorary Professor by her home University HIT.