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.
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.
Janiece Vancil
Research Technician II
Janiece earned a Bachelor's in Neuroscience from UT Dallas.
Arielle Click
Lab Manager
Arielle received her MS in Bioengineering from UT Arlington.
Lab Alumni
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