Niu Qiyang is a Predoc Fellow at the Center for Strategy and Security, Tsinghua University. He received his bachelor’s degree from Nanjing University, a master’s degree from Yale University, and is currently a PhD candidate at Tsinghua University. His research focuses on arms control and international security.

After completing his master’s degree, Qiyang served as a political correspondent for Shenzhen Media Group in Washington, D.C. He later joined the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HD), a Swiss-headquartered international organization focusing on conflict mediation, and is currently the Co-Head of HD’s China Programme.

Qiyang has been selected for several prestigious programs, including the 2024-2025 Arms Control Negotiation Academy (ACONA) Fellowship, the Munich Young Leaders at the 2024 Munich Security Conference, the New Generation Experts at the 2022 Moscow Non-Proliferation Conference, and the 2021-2022 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) Research Fellowship. He has published articles in journals and platforms such as the Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Open Nuclear Network, The Diplomat, and the Foreign Policy Research Institute.