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Meet the Principal Investigator
Zhijian "James" Chen, Ph.D.
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
George L. MacGregor Distinguished Chair in Biomedical Sciences
Director, Center for Inflammation Research
Professor, Department of Molecular Biology
Professor, Center for Genetics of Host Defense
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Member, National Academy of Medicine
Fellow, Royal Society
Information about Dr. Chen's education and honors can be found via the link below.
Current Lab Members
Lijun ‘Josh’ Sun, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Chinese Academy of Science
B.S., Shandong University
Chee-Kwee Ea, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
B.S., Tatung University
Chenglong Sun, Ph.D.
Instructor
Ph.D., Aarhus University
B.S., M.S., Jilin University
Houssam Al-Saad, M.S.
Mouse Research Manager
M.S., Liberty University
B.S. University of Texas at Arlington
Swapneel Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor
Ph.D., Immunology, Washington University in St. Louis
M.D., Washington University in St. Louis
M.S., Biochemistry, California State University
B.S., Physics and Chemistry, California State University
Ethan A. Perets, Ph.D.
Michael Brown Fellow of the Life Sciences Research Foundation
Ph.D., Yale University, Chemistry
M.A., The Courtauld Institute of Art, History and Conservation of Buddhist Art
B.A., Columbia University, Biochemistry
Jiaxing Tan, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Zhejiang University
B.S., Tianjin Medical University
Yan Liu, Ph.D.
Assistant Instructor
Ph.D., Tsinghua University
B.S., Shanghai Jiaotong University
Ruoshi Peng, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ph.D., University of Oxford
B.S., Peking University
Qinglin Yang, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science (CEMCS), CAS
B.S., China Agricultural University
Menghang Huang, Ph.D.
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Ph.D., Tsinghua University
B.S., Nanjing Agricultural University
Lab Alumni
Name Position when at Chen Lab Current Affiliation
- Anirban Adhikari, Postdoc when at Chen lab, TCG Labs Soleil
- Giridhar Akkaraju, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Texas Christian University
- Vijay Bhoj, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of Pennsylvania Hospital
- Xin Cai, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Haocheng Cai, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Jueqi Chen, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of Chicago
- Xiang Chen, Staff when at Chen lab, retired
- Philip Cheng, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Private practice
- Yu-Hsin Chiu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Novartis
- Li Deng, Postdoc when at Chen lab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Mingjian Du, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Columbia University
- Yan Fang, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center
- Yajuan Fu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Fujian Normal University
- Daxing Gao, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of Science and Technology of China
- Xiang Gui, Graduate Student when at Chen lab
- Mei Hong, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Attorney at Law
- Fajian Hou, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Shuiqing Hu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, BeiGene
- Hon-Ren Huang, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Novartis
- Tuozhi Huang, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of California, Los Angeles
- Qianwen Huang, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Xiamen University
- Justin Jenson, Postdoc when at Chen lab, UNC School of Medicine
- Xiaomo Jiang, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Novartis Pharmaceuticals
- Atsuhiro Kanayama, Postdoc when at Chen lab, National Defense Medical College, Japan
- Tong Li, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Xiangya Hospital Central South University
- Minghao Li, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Bristol Myers Squibb
- Xiao-Dong Li, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- Siqi Liu, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
- Hong-Hsing Liu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Institute of Molecular and Genomic Medicine of Taiwan
- Gabriel Pineda, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, National University
- Junyao Ren, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Meta-IO Technology
- Rashu Seth, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Yale University School of Medicine
- Peiqing Shi, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Sonofi
- Qian Shi, Staff when at Chen lab
- Brian Skaug, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston
- Erika Spencer, Staff when at Chen lab
- Qinmiao Sun, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Institute of Zoology
- Pengcheng Sun, Postdoc when at Chen lab
- Xiaojun Tan, Postdoc when at Chen lab, University of Pittsburg
- Yasuo Tanaka, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Japan Institute for Health Security
- Nicole Varnado, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, UT Southwestern Medical School
- Min Wang, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Wuhan University
- Hua Wang, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Private practice
- Hanze Wang, Graduate Student when at Chen lab
- Chen Wang, Postdoc when at Chen lab, China Pharmaceutical University
- Junjiao Wu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Xiangya Hospital Central South University
- Jiaxi Wu, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Regeneron
- Youtong Wu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, ImmuneSensor Therapeutics
- Zong-Ping Xia, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
- Ming Xu, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Transamerica Life Insurance Company
- Hui Xu, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Gilead
- Hui Yang, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Fudan University
- Seoyun Yum, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Roche
- Wenwen Zeng, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, Tsinghua University
- Conggang Zhang, Postdoc when at Chen lab, Tsinghua University
- Xu Zhang, Postdoc when at Chen lab, University of Texas Austin
- Meng Zhao, Graduate Student when at Chen lab, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center