Dongbin was awarded his PhD from the University of Science and Technology Beijing in 2001. He completed his Bachelor of Engineering in 1990 and Master of Engineering in 1996 at Northeastern University, China. Dongbin worked as a Research Associate, Research Fellow then Lecturer at University of Wollongong from 2005 to 2012. He was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney in 2013. He also worked in China Center of Information Industry Development as a Research Engineer, and Maanshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd as an Engineer.