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

Yining Hu
Undergraduate Student Assistant
Yining is an Undergraduate Student from Xiamen University

Hikari Yoshikawa
Undergraduate Student Assistant
Hikari is an Undergraduate Student Assistant currently earning her Bachelor's degree from Meiji University at UT Southwestern

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.

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.

Arielle Click
Lab Manager
Arielle received her MS in Bioengineering from UT Arlington.
Lab Alumni
Xu Jiang, Ph.D.
Lina Guo
Ruiyao Xu, Ph.D.
Xiaochen Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Jiang Dai, Ph.D.
Shanshan Huo
Lacy Cox