New faculty spotlight: Haitao Wen, Ph.D.

Haitao Wen, Ph.D.

  • Name: Haitao Wen, Ph.D.
  • Title: Assistant professor, UNMC Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Holland Regenerative Medicine Program
  • Hometown: Shandong, China

Research/ professional interests:

  • Innate immunity;
  • immuno-metabolism;
  • mitochondrial metabolism;
  • cell death;
  • sepsis;
  • colitis; and
  • colitis-associated cancer.

How I fell in love with immunology:
Biology was my favorite class when I was in middle and high school. I was always amazed by both the complexity and precision of biological functions. I took the first class of immunology and microbiology during my second year of college, and I was hooked. That’s when I truly fell in love with immunology.

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., molecular and cellular pathology, University of Michigan Medical School
  • Postdoctoral training in Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Previous positions:

  • Assistant professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013-2015

Three things people may not know about me:

  • I love cooking, which I think is kind of similar to biomedical experiments. Different components/ingredients are added together and amazing results/dishes are generated making everyone happy. Although I must admit, sometimes failure does happen, and then I love delivery/take-out.
  • I love sports. Ping-Pong and soccer are my favorites.
  • Barbecuing and fireworks are my favorite combination during weekends or holidays. I really enjoy grilling and sharing food with everyone, and my kids love watching the fireworks — it always makes them really happy.

1 comment

  1. Bijing Mao says:

    I come from Chongqing China. Happy New Year!

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