Braden Tierney
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolBraden Tierney is an interdisciplinary leader blending microbial data science, exposomics, and nonprofit bioproduction with eight years of experience across academia and global consortia. As Executive Director of The Two Frontiers Project and Director of Exposomics and Microbial Data Science at Harvard Medical School, he builds teams and data pipelines that connect microbiome insights to human and environmental health, including spaceflight contexts. His prior roles—spanning Weill Cornell, the MetaSUB Consortium, and NASA GeneLab—reflect a track record of scaling microbial surveillance and standards across international datasets. Braden combines deep wet-lab roots (microscopy, imaging, and culturing) with machine learning–driven meta-analysis, making him fluent in both experiment and computation. An unexpected touch: he once balanced research with performing as a hotel pianist, signaling adaptability and a collaborative, public-facing approach to science.
9 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS) Biology and Economics, Bachelor of Science (BS) Biology and Economics at Duke UniversityDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard Medical SchoolHigh School Diploma, High School Diploma at Noble and Greenough School
English, Spanish, Arabic, Italian
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (51)
genomes10
nomenclature10
bacteria10
genome-annotation10
taxonomy9
ncbi9
phylogenetics9
upsetr9
bioinformatics9
metagenomics9
genomics8
spatial8
venn8
microbiology8
ggplot8
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
two-frontiers-project/2FP_MAGUS
Dec 2024 - Apr 2026
Pan-domain metagenomic binning via co-assembly
Contributions:42 PRs, 212 pushes, 28 branches in 1 year 4 months
assemblybacteriabioinformaticscoralmetagenomics
chiragjp/microbiome_voe
Jun 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:38 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
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