2014年6月毕业于山东大学海洋生物资源与环境专业，获理学学士学位；2019年6月毕业于中国科学院水生生物研究所水生生物学专业，获理学博士学位。2019年7月至2020年10月，在水利部中国科学院水工程生态研究所任助理研究员；2020年11月至今，在枣庄学院生命科学学院任教。研究方向集中在淡水鱼类的生态适应、进化生物学及多样性保护。近年来在《Ecological Indicators》《Global Ecology and Conservation》《Zootaxa》及《湖泊科学》等国内外学术期刊上发表论文二十余篇，担任《Zootaxa》《Animals》《Journal of Vertebrate Biology》《水生生物学报》等学术期刊的审稿人。在校主讲《动物生物学》《生态学》《文献检索与论文写作》及《生物课件制作与应用》等课程。现主持山东省自然科学基金1项、教育部产学合作协同育人项目1项，参与国家自然科学基金3项。

近年来发表的代表性论文(^#表示共同第一；*表示通讯作者)：

(1) Gong Z, Lin P, Chen L, et al. Elevational and climatic gradients shape the genetic structure of a typical Tibetan loach Triplophysa stenura (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae). Global Ecology and Conservation, 2024, 51, e02920.

(2) 巩政, 刘艳超, 冯慧喆, 等. 基于多维度指数的雅鲁藏布江鱼类多样性评价及群落构建过程分析. 湖泊科学, 2024. 36(1): 213-222.

(3) 巩政, 王梓璇, 张艺弛, 等. 达里湖高原鳅不同地理群体遗传多样性与遗传分化研究. 水生态学杂志, 2024. (待刊)

(4) Gong Z, Zhai D, Chen J, et al. Landscape determinants of genetic structure for Schizopygopsis younghusbandi in the Yarlung Tsangpo River drainage, Tibetan Plateau. Ecological indicators, 2023, 115, 110309.

(5) Liu F, Zeng Z*, Gong Z*. Two new hypogean species of Triplophysa (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae) from the River Yangtze drainage in Guizhou, China. Journal of Vertebrate Biology, 2022, 71, 22062.

(6) Gong Z, Jiang W, Feng H, et al. Comparative mitogenomics of two sympatric catfishes of Exostoma (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River and its application for phylogenetic consideration. Genes, 2022, 13(9): 1615.

(7) Gong Z, Chen L, Wang J, et al. The reproductive characteristics of Garra tibetana, an endemic labeonine fish in the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet, China. Fishes, 2022, 2(3): 367-384.

(8) Gong Z, Li X, Chang D, et al. Characterization of the complete mitochondrial genome of Garra motuoensis (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) and its phylogenetic position within genus Garra. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2022, 7(4): 663-665.

(9) 巩政*, 刘艳超, 马聪敏, 等. 基于线粒体Cyt b基因的雅鲁藏布江中游短尾高原鳅遗传多样性研究. 淡水渔业, 2022, 52(4): 31-39.

(10) Gong Z, Lin F, Luo Z, et al. The complete mitochondrial genome of Exostoma gaoligongense (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) and its phylogenetic analysis within glyptosternine catfishes. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 2021, 6(4): 1424-1425.

(11) Gong Z, Freyhof J, Wang J, et al. Two new species of Garra (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae) from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River drainage in southeastern Tibet, China. Zootaxa, 2018, 4532(3): 367-384.

(12) Gong Z, Lin P, Liu F, et al. Exostoma tibetana, a new glyptosternine catfish from the lower Yarlung Tsangpo River drainage in southeastern Tibet, China (Siluriformes: Sisoridae). Zootaxa, 2018, 4527(3): 392-402.

(13) 巩政, 邓树庆, 王健, 等. 西藏雅鲁藏布江下游墨头鱼属一新种(鲤形目：鲤科). 动物学杂志, 2018, 53(6): 857-867.