Alexander “Shurik” Zavriyev, mS
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Alexander “Shurik” Zavriyev, mS

Shurik is an aspiring actor who just took a very very short detour to get a BS in Physics from the University of Rochester, a 2 year introduction to translational imaging at Massachusetts General Hospital, and is now a graduate student in the PIGI lab (don't worry Hollywood, you'll get him eventually).

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Wuyan “Jaycee” Li, MS
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Wuyan “Jaycee” Li, MS

I joined the PIGI lab in December 2018. In addition to being the lab manager, I am working with Daniel Ackerman to develop patient-derived models of hepatocellular carcinoma from biopsy samples to allow for functional precision medicine approaches.

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Daniel Boehmler, BS
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Daniel Boehmler, BS

After graduating from Swarthmore College and working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Dan joined the lab in 2022 as a PhD student. He is focused on applying analytical chemistry methods to patient-derived HCC models, and developing robust pharmacokinetics, metabolomics, and mass spectrometry imaging methods is his passion (not graphic design). Outside of lab, Dan loves playing guitar, slow pitch softball, and hanging out with his cat, Mavi.

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