Zhao Pengda (Chinese: 赵鹏大; born in 1931) is a Chinese mathematical geologist.

He was a professor at the China University of Geosciences (Wuhan).

He was the first Asian to receive the William Christian Krumbein Medal in 1990[1] from International Association for Mathematical Geosciences.

He is considered as the Father of Mathematical Geology in China.

He is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.