Our Team
We study microbiota-circadian interaction in GI pathogenies, focusing on the colon and pancreas. Our goal is to identify circadian-based prevention and therapeutics in cancer.
Faraz Bishehsari, MD, PhD
Director of the Gastroenterology Research Center, Professor, and Vice Chair of Clinical & Translational Research
Director of the Gastroenterology Research Center, Professor, and Vice Chair of Clinical & Translational Research
Xiangsheng Huang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Wankun Deng, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Pooja Shivshankar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
Luca Santovito
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Connor Cheek
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Xuhong Cheng
Research Laboratory Manager
Research Laboratory Manager
Jessica Wang
Research Coordinator
Research Coordinator
Rutviben Shah
Research Coordinator
Research Coordinator
Samana Fatima
Research Assistant I
Research Assistant I
Erin Wells
Division Manager
Division Manager
Sommer Durrani
Administrative Assistant
Administrative Assistant
Our Students
Ayaan Ansari
University of Houston
University of Houston
Kate Chin
Rice University
Rice University
Priya Verma
Rice University
Rice University