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.
Assistant Professor in the Department of Immunology
Her research interests include oncogenic signaling pathways, alcoholic & non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, hepatocellular carcinoma, liver fibrosis, and regeneration.

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.

Ruiyao Xu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Ruiyao earned her Bachelor's and Master's degrees at China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China, and her Ph.D. at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany.

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.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Chuanli earned her Ph.D. at China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.

Lina Guo
Research Associate
Lina received her Bachelor of Clinical Medicine from Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, and her Master of Surgery from China Medical University, Shenyang, 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.

Victor Mijares
Research Technician II
Victor earned his Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of California, Irvine.

Arielle Click
Lab Manager
Arielle received her MS in Bioengineering from UT Arlington.
Lab Alumni

Janiece Vancil
Research Technician II
Janiece earned a Bachelor's in Neuroscience from UT Dallas.

Xiaochen Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher

Polly Henderson
Research Technician II

Jiang Dai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher

Shanshan Huo
Visiting junior researcher

Lacy Cox
Research Technician