Julie Granka

Hi everyone! My name is Julie, and I’m a second year Ph.D. student in Biology in Marc Feldman’s lab at Stanford University. I’m also working towards my Masters in Statistics.

I am broadly interested in population genetics and the analysis of genetic data, both in the inference of demography as well as in the inference of selection. I am currently studying the migration of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among several Aboriginal Canadian populations using genetic data from bacterial isolates. Another of my projects involves examining genome-wide SNP data from several African populations. I am working to identify evidence of recent migration between the populations, as well as signatures of within each of the populations.

As for my non-scientific interests: I love being outdoors – running, camping, hiking, kayaking, and exploring (which I hope to do this summer!). You might also find me drawing, painting, or looking at other people’s art, too.