Chad Harland
Research Leader - Bioinformatics
Waikato, New Zealand
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Top SchoolChad Harland is a research leader in bioinformatics with 13 years of experience applying genomics, machine learning and large-scale data science to livestock genetics. Based in Waikato, New Zealand, he leads LIC’s Bioinformatics and Data team, building cloud-native genomic and phenotypic data infrastructure and pipelines that scale to millions of animals. His work spans sequence, microarray and metagenomic datasets and translates research into practical on-farm products such as LIC’s Genemark genomics offering. Trained with a PhD in genomics from Université de Liège, Chad pairs deep academic expertise in population-scale NGS analysis with hands-on engineering skills—programming, pipeline design and Linux cluster operations. He is also an Honorary Lecturer at the University of Waikato, bridging industry and academia to co-supervise students and disseminate applied genomics methods. A pragmatic innovator, he focuses on turning complex genetic data into operational solutions that improve breeding and farm-level decision making.
13 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
SISG UWTaradale HighMSc, Biochemistry, MSc, Biochemistry at University of CanterburyDoctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genomics, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Genomics at Université de Liège
English
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Github Skills (7)
ggplot6
r6
genetic5
bayesian4
bioinformatics4
discovery3
polymorphism3
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (3)
aeonsim/code-git
Mar 2013 - Mar 2017
Contributions:196 commits, 65 pushes in 4 years 1 month
aeonsim/denovoPedFilter
Mar 2013 - Feb 2016
Contributions:175 commits, 4 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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