Westlake IVF is a full service, state-of-the-art embryology and andrology laboratory, located within the Westlake Hills area of Austin, Texas. Our IVF Laboratory Director and Embryologists have developed the optimal environment in which to provide services to couples who need diagnostic testing, assisted reproductive technologies, and gamete/embryo cryopreservation.
Laboratory Team
Ki Aston completed his Ph.D. at Utah State University in 2007. For his dissertation research he evaluated factors associated with somatic cell nuclear transfer efficiency and nuclear reprogramming. He was involved in bovine nuclear transfer and was part of the first group to successfully clone an equine species.
Henry Chen, M.S. is an integral member of the Westlake IVF laboratory team as a Senior Embryologist at Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF. He has been a part of the team since January 2017. Henry earned his BSc degree from the Animal Science Department at the National Chung-Hsing University (Taiwan) in 1990.
Claire Cielencki is a laboratory Andrologist at Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF and joined the team in August 2022. Claire earned her bachelor’s degree with honors in Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University in 2022. She also received the Biomedical Research Certificate from Texas A&M. Her main areas of work include semen analysis, sperm preparation for intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, and sperm DNA Fragmentation Index testing.
Alena Flores is a laboratory Andrologist at Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF and joined the team in July 2024. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University in 2022 along with a certificate in Biomedical Research and Development. Alena also graduated as a University Honors Fellow and an Undergraduate Research scholar. Her main areas of work include semen analysis, sperm preparation for intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, and sperm DNA Fragmentation Index testing.
Lauren Ramos is a laboratory Andrologist at Austin Fertility & Reproductive Medicine/Westlake IVF and joined the team in January 2025. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry at Texas Tech University in 2022. Lauren specialized in genetics and is trained in cfDNA manipulation. Her main areas of work include semen analysis, sperm preparation for intrauterine insemination (IUI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures, and sperm DNA Fragmentation Index testing.