People

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.