Braden Tierney
Executive Director at Harvard Medical School
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.
8 years of coding experience
9 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
Github Skills (76)
genomes10
bacteria10
nomenclature10
genome-annotation10
ncbi9
taxonomy9
genomics9
bioinformatics9
genome9
pathogen9
metagenomics9
geopandas8
geographic8
upsetr8
spatial8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
chiragjp/microbiome_voe
Jun 2020 - Feb 2021
Contributions:38 commits, 43 pushes, 2 branches in 8 months
b-tierney/b-tierney.github.io
Jul 2019 - Oct 2024
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 3 months
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