Yen-Lin Chen, PhD, a former postdoctoral fellow working with Swapnil Sonkusare, PhD, started his tenure-track position in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience at Louisiana State University Health Shreveport in January 2026. As a postdoctoral fellow in the Sonkusare lab, Yen-Lin discovered distinct nanoscale arrangements of ion channels in vascular smooth muscle cells and demonstrated their importance for blood pressure regulation. He also showed that disturbance in these nano-scale arrangements raises blood pressure in hypertension. Chen published 20 papers, secured multiple research grants, including an NIH pathway to independence K99 award, and earned several awards. Congratulations Yen-Lin and best wishes for this new chapter!
