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
![Shuang Liang Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/shuang300.jpeg?h=37c1f88e&itok=VnypGbyd)
Shuang Liang, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology
Her research interests include oncogenic signaling pathways, alcoholic & non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver fibrosis, and regeneration.
![Qiuyun Pan](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-05/Qiuyun_Pan.jpg?h=7cfcdf48&itok=PHK4cP1j)
Qiuyan 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.
![Xu Jiang, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/Xu-JiangB.jpg?h=b0567057&itok=dinok0jh)
Xu Jiang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xu received her B.E. from Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, and her Ph.D. in cell biology from Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
![Danhui Liu Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-02/Danhui2.jpg?h=5dea9104&itok=shlU4bex)
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.
![Placeholder image](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-10/Xuemei-Luo.jpg?h=cd863f08&itok=1_qXF7S5)
Xuemei Luo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xuemei acquired her bachelor’s degree in East China University of Science and Technology, and her Ph.D. at the Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
![Shuhan Yang, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-06/Shuhan_cropped.jpg?h=ddbdee9f&itok=O5Lg-7Y4)
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.
![Chuanli Zhou, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/chuanli300.jpeg?h=e9d132e9&itok=_tzU_hg9)
Chuanli Zhou, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chuanli earned her Ph.D. at China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.
![Paola Barajas](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-12/Paola%20Barajas_3.jpg?h=1abb895f&itok=E-vu3MGp)
Paola Barajas
Research Technician II
Paola received her Bachelor's in Biochemistry from Texas Tech University and a Master's in Molecular Pathology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
![Victor Mijares](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-06/Victor_cropped.jpg?h=075601f3&itok=imXyopIM)
Victor Mijares
Research Technician II
Victor earned his Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Irvine.
![Arielle Click](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/arielle300.jpeg?h=ab2887d2&itok=Hfigwxwz)
Arielle Click
Lab Manager
Arielle received her MS in Bioengineering from UT Arlington.
Lab Alumni
![Lina Guo](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-04/Lina.jpg?h=1eebe813&itok=BySnQz7y)
Lina Guo
Research Associate
![Ruiyao Xu Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-02/Ruiyao.jpg?h=049d3d21&itok=x4evETmw)
Ruiyao Xu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
![Janiece Vancil](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2022-07/janieceb.jpeg?h=b40aa4ee&itok=rcWHaFDB)
Janiece Vancil
Research Technician II
![Xiaochen Wang](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/xiaochen_0.png?h=c2c59ad9&itok=pe8wQUVG)
Xiaochen Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
![Polly Henderson](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/polly300.jpg?h=30d205dc&itok=0XRlCens)
Polly Henderson
Research Technician II
![Jiang Dai, Ph.D.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/jiang558.jpg?h=f47d90be&itok=6FCY_UKu)
Jiang Dai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
![Shanshan Huo](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/shanshan-huo.jpg?h=9bc96685&itok=frk9yfqM)
Shanshan Huo
Visiting junior researcher
![Lacy Cox](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2023-03/lacy-cox.jpg?h=2a8f7fd0&itok=0ZvOaKBc)
Lacy Cox
Research Technician