Harlan Svoboda
Acting Research Leader at US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Top SchoolHarlan Svoboda is an Acting Research Leader and herbarium curator with nine years of experience managing botanical collections and leading research at the U.S. National Arboretum. He blends taxonomic expertise in Passiflora systematics with practical collections stewardship, serving as Senior Data Steward for the ARS Biocollections Portal and curating both the NA and BARC herbaria. Harlan’s work spans field-based teaching, archival methodology, and digital collections infrastructure, enabling reproducible research and broader access to preserved specimens. His recent detail at the EPA through the President’s Management Council rotation highlights an ability to translate scientific collections priorities into cross-agency strategic planning. He holds a Ph.D. in Plant Biology and is known for pairing meticulous specimen curation with modern data stewardship to advance biodiversity science.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Biology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plant Biology at Ohio UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Biology at Stephen F. Austin State University
EnglishGithub contributions (3)
htsvoboda/LeafGeometricMorphometrics
Dec 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:36 commits, 34 pushes, 1 branch in 11 months
htsvoboda/BajaCaliforniaPassiflora
Nov 2017 - Feb 2018
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
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