1999年6月於浙江大學數學系獲理學博士學位。1999年7月至2007年10月在汕頭大學任教,期間2004年10月至2006年10月在澳大利亞西澳大學(University of Western Australia)作公派訪問學者兩年。2004年11月被評為教授。2007年9月調入華南理工大學數學系工作,2008年1月遴選為華南理工大學套用數學專業博士生導師。
已在 J.Combin.Theory Series A, Discrete Math., Europ.J. Combin.,Designs Codes and Cryptography,數學學報等數學核心刊物發表論文20餘篇,其中SCI收錄10餘篇。
發表的主要論文如下: 1. Dong, Huili, Zhou, Shenglin, Alternating groups and flag-transitive 2-(v,k,4) symmetric designs. J. Combin. Des. 19 (2011), no. 6, 475–483. 2. Zhou, Shenglin, Tian, Delu, Flag-transitive point-primitive 2-(v,k,4) symmetric designs and two dimensional classical groups. Appl. Math. J. Chinese Univ. Ser. B 26 (2011), no. 3, 334–341. 3. Zhou Shenglin, Ma Yanbo; Fang Weidong,Line-primitive linear spaces with Fang-Li parameter gcd(k,r) at most 12. Acta Math. Sin. (Engl. Ser.) 27 (2011), no. 4, 657–670. 4. S. L.Zhou, H. L. Dong, Alternating groups and flag-transitive triplanes,Des. Codes Cryptogr. (2010) 57:117–126. 5. S. L. Zhou, H.L. Dong, Exceptional groups of Lie type and flag-transitive triplanes, Science in China, Series A, 2010 Vol. 53 No. 2: 447–456 6. Fang, W., Dong H. and Zhou, S., Flag-transitive 2-(v,k,4) symmetric designs. Ars Combin. 95 (2010), 333–342. 7.A. Betten, A. Delandtsheer, M. Law, A. C. Niemeyer, C. E. Praeger and S. L. Zhou, Finite line-transitive linear spaces: theory and search strategies, Acta Mathematica Sinica, English Series, 25(9),2009,1399-1436. 8.S. L. Zhou, H.L. Dong, Finite classical groups and flag-transitive triplanes, Discrete Math. ,2009 (16): 5183-5195. 9. S. L. Zhou, H.L. Dong, Sporadic simple groups and flag-transitive triplanes, Science China Mathematics, 52(2), 2009 :394-400. 10. G. G. Han, S. L. Zhou, Block-transitive 2-(v,k,1) Designs and the groups E_7(q), Ars Combinatoria, 2009, 93: 439-450. 11. Praeger C. E.; Zhou Shenglin, Classification of line-transitive point-imprimitive linear spaces with line size at most 12. Des. Codes Cryptogr. 47 (2008), no. 1-3, 99–111. 12. C E Praeger, S. L. Zhou, Imprimitive flag-transitive symmetric designs, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Series A, Vol. 113(7),2006,1381-1395. 13. S. L. Zhou, Block primitive 2-(v, k,1) designs admitting a Ree simple group of characteristic two, Designs, Codes and Cryptography,36(2005), pp.159-169. 14. W. Liu, S. Zhou, H. Li and X. Fang, Finite linear spaces admitting a Ree simple group, European J. Combin. 25(2004),311-325. 15. S. Zhou, Block-primitive 2-(v, k, 1) designs adimtting a Ree simple groups, Europ. J. Combin., 23(2002), 1085-1090. 16. S. Zhou, H. Li, W. Liu, The Ree groups and 2-(v,k,1) block designs, Discrete Math., 224(2000), No. 1-3: 251-258