Meet the Principal Investigator
Zhenyu Zhong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology
His lab studies inflammation, mitochondrial stress responses, tumor immunology, and obesity-associated liver disorders.
Lab Members

Qiuyun Pan
Ph.D. Candidate
Qiuyun received her B.S. in Biology from Indiana University and her M.S. in Biomedical Engineering from Washington University in St. Louis.

Danhui Liu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Danhui received her B.E. in Pharmaceutical Engineering from China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China, and her Ph.D. in Immunology from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.

Shuhan Yang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Shuhan earned her Bachelor’s Degree and Ph.D. at University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Jingxuan Chen, Ph.D
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jingxuan received his Bachelors of Science in Chinese Medicine from Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China and a Masters of Science in Acupuncture and Moxibustion from Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine in Xi'an, China. He also holds a Ph.D. in Immunology from Peking University Health Science Center located in Beijing, China.

Paola Barajas
Lab Manager
Paola received her Bachelors of Science in Biochemistry from Texas Tech University and a Masters of Science in Molecular Pathology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
Lab Alumni
- Xu Jiang, Ph.D.
- Lina Guo, MD, Ph.D.
- Ruiyao Xu, Ph.D.
- Xiaochen Wang, MD, Ph.D.
- Jiang Dai, Ph.D.
- Shanshan Huo
- Lacy Cox
- Arielle Click
- Hikari Yoshikawa
- Yining Hu