JT McCrone is an Assistant Professor and computational biologist with 12 years of experience using molecular evolution and sequence data to track how pathogens evolve and spread. He combines deep academic training (PhD in Microbiology and Immunology) with applied industry experience at Helix and Fred Hutch to translate high-resolution viral genomics into actionable insights. His work spans development of sequencing and mathematical methods to characterize within-host viral diversity through population-scale surveillance and outbreak reconstruction. Having led projects from undergraduate membrane-protein studies to postdoctoral efforts in virus phylogenetics, he brings both wet-lab intuition and computational rigor to complex pathogen questions. Based in Seattle, he is known for bridging academic research and public-health practice to enable finer-grained epidemiological inference. Notably, his background includes hands-on method development that improves how sequence data are used to resolve transmission dynamics at high detail.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology and Immunology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology and Immunology at University of Michigan
Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry and Mathmatics, 3.963, Bachelor of Science - BS, Biochemistry and Mathmatics, 3.963 at University of Wisconsin-Madison
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