Shervin Tabrizi
PI, Assistant Professor
Postdoc: Broad Institute, MIT
Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Medical School: Harvard Medical School
Hometown: Calgary, AB, Canada
Dimitri Bikas
Research Specialist, Lab Manager
Current research: Tumor cell clearance, innate immunity, cfDNA biology
Previous experience: Mechanistic research in cartilage and bone biology (UNC); clinical research in pediatric rheumatology (CHOP)
Undergraduate: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hometown: Charlotte, NC
Elise Dietmann
Graduate Student (Penn Bioengineering)
Current research: ctDNA-based diagnostics using proximal biofluids
Previous experience: Pre-analytical factors in dried blood spots for ctDNA analysis
Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hometown: Prairie du Sac, WI
Shohreh Vanaei
Postdoctoral Scholar
Current research: Extracellular DNA biology and stabilization
Previous experience: Microfluidic devices that leverage cell engineering and synthetic biology to improve real-time detection and diagnosis.
Graduate (PhD): Bioengineering, Northeastern University
Graduate (MSc): Tehran University
Undergraduate: Tehran University
Hometown: Hamedan, Iran
Soo Young Yoon
Undergraduate Student (Penn)
Current research: extracellular DNA and innate immune activity
Previous experience: Lung cancer therapeutics (Concepcion lab, Columbia)
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Tenafly, New Jersey
Moses Zeidan
Medical Student (Penn)
Current research: cfDNA liquid biopsy modeling in early detection and MRD settings
Previous experience: Optogenetics, radiobiology, imaging, bioengineering
Undergraduate: University of Pennsylvania
Hometown: Johnstown, PA
Alumni
Milly Nguyen - Undergraduate Student, Summer 2026 (SUPERS Program)
Noa Mor - Undergraduate Student, Summer 2026 (Basser Summer Scholar)