John Grefenstette

John Grefenstette has extensive experience in the fields of public health, bioinformatics, computational biology, and artificial intelligence.

John is currently the Co-Founder of Epistemix, Inc., a position they have held since October 2018.

From July 2014 to December 2019, they worked at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health as a Senior Scientist in the Public Health Dynamics Lab, a Professor of Health Policy and Management, and the Director of the Public Health Dynamics Laboratory.

Prior to that, they had a long tenure at George Mason University, where they served as a Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology starting from August 1997. John also held the position of Chair of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Department from 2004 to 2008.

In January 2001, they worked as the Director of Parabon Labs at Parabon Computation.

Before that, they were the Machine Learning Section Head at the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence, Naval Research Laboratory from August 1986 to July 1997.

John'scareer started at Vanderbilt University, where they worked as an Assistant Professor of Computer Science from August 1980 to July 1986.

John Grefenstette attended Carnegie Mellon University where they earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and Philosophy. Following their undergraduate studies, they pursued a PhD in Computer Science at the University of Pittsburgh. The specific start and end years for both their education programs are not provided.