SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS

Lustgarten Foundation-AACR Pancreatic Cancer Career Development Award, 2022

Thomas H. and Mayme P. Scott Fellowship in Cancer Research, 2021

NIH-NCI K22 Career Transition Award, 2020

Harold C. and Mary L. Dailey Endowment Fellowship, 2020

AACR Scholar-in-Training Award, 2018

Research Associate (since 2021/11)

Dr. Deng earned his Ph.D. degree at South China Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2010. He is an expert in microbial engineering, and has established a solid research background in multiple biological disciplines including microbiology, genetics, molecular biology and biochemistry during his postdoc training. He has 5 first-author publications in the past 5 years and he is the co-inventor of 4 patents and the co-author of over 30 papers.

In Hou lab, Dr. Deng will help with lab management and dissect the role of genetic alternations in regulating KRAS targeted therapy resistance.

Master Student (since 2023/01)

Kevin is a New Jersey native and graduated from Rutgers–New Brunswick with a degree in Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. He is currently enrolled as a Masters student at the Rutgers School of Graduate Studies Newark–RBHS. He plans to pursue an MD upon completion of his Masters program. During his free time, Kevin enjoys spending his time with family and friends. 

In Hou lab, he will study tumor associated macrophages in regulating KRAS targeted therapy resistance.