George Gruenhagen, PhD
Bioinformatician
George grew up in the suburbs of Cincinnati, OH and attended Miami University for his undergraduate degree in Bioengineering. His first lab job was working on transposable elements under Dr. Moore. George's undergrad education included a broad array of classes including literature, engineering, geography, computer science, anthropology, and biology.
George attended Georgia Tech for his Master's and PhD degree in Bioinformatics in Dr. Streelman's lab where he worked on single cell data analysis. During grad school George was recognized and awarded as an Outstanding Bioinformatics Master's Student and did an internship in a bioinformatics lab at the NCBI before continuing on to do his PhD. George's PhD focused on discovering the neurogenomic basis of a complex courtship behavior performed by Lake Malawi cichlid fish. George's comparative genomics, single cell RNA-seq, and spatial transcriptomics analysis revealed a population of non-neuronal, radial glia cells in the pallium associated with the evolution of the courtship behavior.
Since completing his PhD, George worked at Emory University where they helped develop, optimize, and evaluate an R package for simulating single cell RNA sequencing data.
When not in the lab, George coaches volleyball with his fiancé and explores local hiking trails.
George attended Georgia Tech for his Master's and PhD degree in Bioinformatics in Dr. Streelman's lab where he worked on single cell data analysis. During grad school George was recognized and awarded as an Outstanding Bioinformatics Master's Student and did an internship in a bioinformatics lab at the NCBI before continuing on to do his PhD. George's PhD focused on discovering the neurogenomic basis of a complex courtship behavior performed by Lake Malawi cichlid fish. George's comparative genomics, single cell RNA-seq, and spatial transcriptomics analysis revealed a population of non-neuronal, radial glia cells in the pallium associated with the evolution of the courtship behavior.
Since completing his PhD, George worked at Emory University where they helped develop, optimize, and evaluate an R package for simulating single cell RNA sequencing data.
When not in the lab, George coaches volleyball with his fiancé and explores local hiking trails.