Adam Rivers
Acting Research Leader, Genomics And Bioinformatics Research Unit
Gainesville, Florida, United States
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Top SchoolAdam Rivers is a computational biologist and research leader with 11+ years of experience applying genomics, metagenomics, and machine learning to understand microbes, microbiomes, and disease ecology in agricultural and environmental systems. Currently directing the Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Unit at USDA-ARS and operating a PacBio core, he builds scalable sequencing pipelines, develops microbiome workflows, and trains collaborators across the agency. His background leading the JGI metagenome program and pioneering deep RNA viral and soil virome projects reflects a knack for turning high-throughput sequencing into new analytical offerings and research discoveries. Equally comfortable in the field and at the command line, he combines wet-lab insight from oceanographic and postdoctoral work with software tools for ML-driven viral classification and metagenomic assembly. Based in Gainesville, FL, he designs long-term research programs that integrate geospatial sensing, genomics, and environmental surveillance to detect and mitigate plant and animal disease.
11 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Oceanography, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Oceanography at Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Oceanography, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biological Oceanography at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology/Chemistry, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Biology/Chemistry at New College of Florida
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Github Skills (68)
package-management10
genomes10
genome-assembly10
algolia10
bioconda10
microbiology10
conda10
github-pages10
jekyll10
algolia-search10
jekyll-theme10
bioinformatics10
rna-seq9
lda9
genomics9
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
ancient-eDNA/Holi
Oct 2015 - Aug 2017
Contributions:7 commits, 3 pushes in 1 year 9 months
USDA-ARS-GBRU/tamipami
Feb 2023 - Mar 2026
A tool for finding the TAM and PAM sites of new Cas and transposon endonucleases from NGS screens
Contributions:7 releases, 7 PRs, 64 pushes in 3 years 1 month
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