George H. Perry

George H. Perry is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at Penn State University and a member of the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences. His work bridges evolutionary genetics, paleogenomics, and human-environment interactions, with a focus on Madagascar biodiversity and global health challenges like Type 2 Diabetes and infectious diseases.

• Evolutionary Genetics
• Paleogenomics
• Human-Environment Interactions

His research explores genomic diversity in primates and rodents, disease susceptibility through evolutionary mismatch frameworks, and bioinformatics capacity development. Recent projects include analyzing lemur genomics and advancing epigenetic age estimation methods for archaeological studies.

Key grants include NSF-funded collaborative research on:

• Genetic history of Type 2 Diabetes
• Epigenetic age estimation
• Hispaniolan rodent extinction processes
• Origins of infectious diseases

Perry’s work contributes to UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly biodiversity conservation (SDG 15) and health equity (SDG 3), through interdisciplinary approaches integrating genomics, ecology, and anthropology.