1934 graduated from Guangzhou lingnan university graduate school with master of science;
1942 graduated from the graduate school of the university of Michigan, USA, with a doctor of science degree, and worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Rackham;
65438-0943, Associate Research Fellow, grip Institute of Oceanography, University of California, USA, in charge of algae research, especially agar and agar algae resources and aquaculture; /kloc-returned to China at the end of 0/946, and served as professor of Shandong University, director of the Department of Botany, director of the Department of Fisheries and deputy director of the Institute of Oceanography;
1950, together with Tong Dizhou, Zhang Xi and Zhu Shuping, the first oceanographic research institution in New China-Institute of Oceanography of China Academy of Sciences (formerly known as Marine Biology Laboratory of Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) was established, and has been a researcher, deputy director, deputy director, director and honorary director. Academician of China Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Third World Academy of Sciences, Honorary President of China Ocean and Lake Society, Honorary Doctor of Ohio State University; Deputies to the Third to Ninth National People's Congress.
Professor Zeng Chengkui is one of the founders of algae research in China. He has been engaged in teaching and scientific research for 67 years and has achieved many scientific research results. So far, he has published 384 papers and reports (in Chinese and foreign languages) alone or jointly, and edited or co-edited 9 books.