Jennifer Spillane

Dr. Jennifer Spillane is a Data Scientist at Northeastern University’s Roux Institute, collaborating with Christine Lary. Her research integrates epidemiological techniques with genomics and bioinformatics to study musculoskeletal genomics and aging. Previously, she worked at the Smithsonian Institution’s Data Science Lab, applying machine learning to address DNA contamination in under-represented organisms.

• Education: PhD in Comparative Genomics and Phylogenomics of Marine Invertebrates (University of New Hampshire), MS (Western Washington University), BA (Trinity Christian College)

Her research spans genomics, computational biology, and marine biology, with a focus on methodological innovation in data analysis. Outside academia, she is a long-distance runner, climate advocate, and culinary enthusiast.