People

Meet the Principal Investigator

Zhenyu Zhong Ph.D.

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

Yining Hu

Undergraduate Student Assistant

Yining is an Undergraduate Student from Xiamen University

Hikari Yoshikawa

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

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.

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.

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

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

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