Gregory Pinero

Scientists at Janelia work together in multidisciplinary teams to solve challenging biological problems that are difficult to address in other research settings.

Many lab spaces at Janelia feature modular designs and natural light.

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Occupying 689 wooded acres along the Potomac River, Janelia Farm provides a variety of services and facilities to support its diverse community of scientists and staff—inside and outside the lab.

A view of the Janelia Farm Research Campus at dusk.

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The Janelia Farm model frees scientists of constraints commonly found in other research environments, providing access to world-class resources and a talented support staff.

Graduate scholar John Tuthill prepares a Drosophila specimen for imaging.

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In addition to our resident scientists and fellows, we offer visiting scientists, graduate, and undergraduate candidates a range of scientific programs.

Graduate scholar Arbora Resulaj (left) and her mentor, Janelia Emeritus Fellow Dmitry Rinberg (right).

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Janelia Farm regularly hosts scientific meetings, ranging from workshops to intensive, specialized conferences. See what's coming up and visit the archive of past events.

Janelia's large auditorium seats 250 people.

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Janelia provides outstanding employment opportunities, at all levels.

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Many tools developed in Janelia Farm labs are made freely available to outside researchers, while others are taking shape through collaborations with industry, academia, and government.

A virtual arena for the study of flight in insects.

Credit: James Kegley

Janelia’s sense of community comes from a core belief that people of diverse disciplines and backgrounds can accomplish great things when working with a common purpose.

Research specialist Trevor Wardill (left) and group leader Vivek Jayaraman (right).

Credit: James Kegley

Software Engineer

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Greg Pinero is a Senior Software Engineer at Janelia Farm. Prior to joining Janelia, Greg founded and ran Blended Technologies, a software consulting company. Projects at Blended Technologies ranged from creating agent-based simulations for aiding third world development to designing software for managing powerline repairs from helicopters. Prior to that Greg worked in the financial industry developing high throughput software for managing Plainfield Asset Management's six billion dollar portfolio. Earlier in his career he worked for CreditXpert Inc. designing consumer credit risk scores using Artificial Neural Networks, Decision Trees, Genetic Programming and other Machine Learning techniques.

Greg has also developed and released multiple software projects. Some examples are Utility Mill, an online Python tool creator and Grocist, a barcode driven grocery list application. Greg is also actively involved in the Python programming language community through creating and improving open source libraries and writing instructional articles.

Greg received his MS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University in 2007 and his BA in Economics from the University of Connecticut in 2002.