Ena Campos-Hensley is a Research Technician in the Anastas Lab. She joined in 2024 shortly after she completed her Bachelor’s in biology at the University of Houston.

Ena’s research interests center on neuroscience and genetics, focusing on understanding the disease mechanisms behind brain tumors and movement disorders.

In the Anastas lab, Ena contributes to multiple experiments including chronic drug treatment studies and generating multiple cell lines such as knockout cells using CRISPR gene editing.

hometown: Spring, Texas

favorite neurotransmitter: dopamine

outside the lab: spending time with her new kitty, listening to podcasts and new music on her commute, thrifting, and eating out too much