Bob Handsaker
Genetics Genomics Research at Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolBob Handsaker is a seasoned genetics and genomics researcher and software architect based in Cambridge, MA, with 17+ years at leading institutions including Harvard Medical School and the Broad Institute. He specializes in structural variation and sequencing data analysis, pairing deep domain expertise with decades of software development and consulting experience. His background ranges from early software engineering roles and CTO responsibilities to building research-grade analysis tools, reflecting an uncommon blend of production software craftsmanship and genomics insight. Trained at MIT in computer science with a strong math foundation, he brings rigorous problem-solving to large-scale genomic data challenges and reproducible research workflows. Notably, his career bridges academic research and applied software consulting, enabling practical solutions for complex sequencing and structural-variation problems.
17 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
SB, Computer Science, secondary concentration in Math, 5.0 GPA, SB, Computer Science, secondary concentration in Math, 5.0 GPA at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Github Skills (20)
genome10
bam10
sequencing10
genomics10
spark9
sam9
bioinformatics9
gatk9
science9
fasta9
java-api9
command-line-tool8
java8
structural-variation7
htslib7
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
broadinstitute/genomestrip-terra
Jan 2020 - Aug 2021
Terra workflows for GenomeSTRiP
Contributions:1 release, 8 PRs, 5 pushes in 1 year 7 months
workflowsterra
broadinstitute/genomestrip-gatk
Feb 2016 - Dec 2019
GATK Genome Strip Repository
Contributions:14 commits, 2 PRs, 1 push in 3 years 10 months
gatk
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