Team
![Konstantin G. Birukov, MD, PhD](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Birukov_Konstantin.jpg)
Konstantin Birukov, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator/Professor
MD: Moscow State Medical School
PhD: Biochemistry, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, National Cardiology Research Center
![Yunbo Ke](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Ke_Yunbo.jpg)
Yunbo Ke, PhD
Co-Investigator/Assistant Professor
PhD: Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
Interests: Signal transduction, endothelial barrier function and acute lung injury
![Pratap Karki](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Karki_Pratap.jpg)
Pratap Karki, PhD
Research Associate/Assistant Professor
MSc: Trivuwan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
PhD: Chosun University, Gwangju, South Korea
Post Doctorate: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Post Doctorate: University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA
Instructor: Meharry Medical College, Nashville, USA
Interests: Acute lung injury, Lung inflammation, Endothelial cell biology
![Chen Zhang](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/departments/anesthesiology/images/Zhang_Chen.jpg)
Chen-ou Zhang, MD
Research Associate
MD: China Medical University, Shenyang, China
Post Doctorate: Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA
Interests: Lung injury
![Yue Li](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Li_Yue.jpg)
Yue Li, PhD
Research Associate
PhD: Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Japan
Post Doctorate: National Institute of Aging, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Interests: Endothelial barrier regulation in acute lung injury and inflammation
![Kamoltip Promnares](https://www.medschool.umaryland.edu/media/som/faculty/faculty-portraits/Promnares_Kamoltip.jpg)
Kamoltip Promnares, PhD
Research Associate
PhD: University of South Bohemia
Contact
Office: 410-706-2578
Email: kbirukov@som.umaryland.edu