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
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.
Xu Jiang, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xu received her B.E. from Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China, and her Ph.D. in cell biology from Shanghai Institute of Nutrition and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.
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
Lina Guo
Research Associate
Ruiyao Xu, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xiaochen Wang, MD, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
Jiang Dai, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
Shanshan Huo
Visiting junior researcher
Lacy Cox
Research Technician