Chung, Chinese: 鍾端玲 or 黛博拉 • D • L • 钟) is an American scientist and university professor.

Her mother was Rebecca Chan Chung (United States World War II veteran with the Flying Tigers and the United States Army in China), whose mother was Lee Sun Chau (one of the first female doctors of Western Medicine in China).

Chung studied at Ying Wa Girls' School and King's College (Hong Kong).

[7][8][9][10] In 1977, Chung joined the faculty of Carnegie Mellon University, where she taught materials science and electrical engineering.

[21] In 2005, she received the Hsun Lee Lecture Award from Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

[23][24][25] In 2023, Chung was elected as a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in recognition of her significant contributions in engineering and technology.

[30] In addition, Chung received the Robert Lansing Hardy Gold Medal from the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petroleum Engineers (AIME) in 1980.

[37] Chung invented "smart concrete" (concrete that can sense its own condition),[38][39][40][41][42][43][44] nickel nanofiber (also known as nickel filament, for electromagnetic interference shielding) and conformable thermal paste (for improving thermal contacts, with applications in microelectronic cooling).

[51] She is the Editor of two-book series, The Road to Scientific Success[52] and Engineering Materials for Technological Needs.

[69] In addition, Chung serves as a reviewer for a large number of scientific research journals.

[71] Chung is a co-author of the book Piloted to Serve,[72][73][74][75][76] an autobiography of her mother, Rebecca Chan Chung (1920-2011), a nurse with the Flying Tigers, United States Army and China National Aviation Corporation[77] during World War II.