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George earned a B.A. in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Math from Rutgers University in 2012. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley, under the supervision of Professor Donald Rio, focusing on the structural mechanisms of Drosophila P element transposition. In 2020, George joined Dr. Kelly Nguyen's lab at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the UK, where he applied cryo-electron microscopy to study human telomerase and shelterin complexes. His postdoctoral research provided significant insights into the molecular mechanisms of telomere maintenance and earned him the Jane Coffin Childs Fellowship in 2021, followed by the MRC-LMB Joan Steitz Postdoc Prize in 2022. Starting in January 2025, George will begin his independent career at Princeton University’s Department of Molecular Biology, where he aims to advance the understanding of retrotransposable elements and their role in genetic diseases and aging.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.