Jian TONG was born in 1971 in Sichuan, China. She was awarded a degree of Bachelor of Engineering in Xi’an Jiaotong University in China in 1993. In 2005 she awarded a degree of Mag.rer.soc.oec. (equivalent to MBA) in the discipline Business Administration from the Vienna University of Economics and Business in Austria (WU Wien Austria). In 2011 she was awarded a degree of Dr. rer. soc. oec. (equivalent to PhD) in the discipline Business Administration majoring in transport economics and logistics management from the WU Wien Austria.
She has industry background in energy engineering in China. Since 2006 she is researcher and teaching assistant at Department of Transport and Logistics Management at WU Wien Austria. She has been involved in a range of logisticsand transport-related research projects. Her main research focuses on decision-making process in supply chain management with particular reference to the Chinese logistics markets, as well as logistics and supply chain strategic management and performance evaluation. 
Dr. Tong received an award "young faculty 2008" of WU Wien Austria to reward excellent teaching. In 2010 she received the best paper award of Chinese journal of management science. Dr.Tong can be contacted at: jian.tong@wu.ac.at.