Jeffrey Blanchard
Associate Professor
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolJeffrey Blanchard is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who studies microbial and molecular processes driving plant decomposition, with applications in climate science, cellulosic biofuels, and animal nutrition. He directs a wet lab equipped for anaerobic microbiology and integrates genomic and computational approaches to link molecular variation to organismal function. With a PhD in Botany and over two decades of experience spanning academia and industry (including roles at NCGR, Promega, and Genentech), he blends rigorous experimental skill with bioinformatics. His lab’s work uniquely connects fundamental microbial ecology to practical solutions for bioenergy and livestock health. Based in Amherst, MA, he maintains an active research group webpage that highlights ongoing projects and resources for collaborators.
11 years of coding experience
Associate's degree, Electrical Engineering, Associate's degree, Electrical Engineering at Vermont Technical CollegeUniversity of GeorgiaBachelor's degree, Biology, Bachelor's degree, Biology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Github Skills (38)
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traits7
derived7
transition7
genome-analysis7
phyloseq6
genomics6
bioinformatics6
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animation6
genomics-visualization5
sequencing5
meta-analysis5
animated5
synthesis5
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
lter/lterwg-emergent
Feb 2020 - May 2024
Synthesis working group: Ecological Metagenome-derived Reference Genomes and Traits (EMERGENT)
Contributions:20 pushes, 1 comment, 1 issue in 4 years 3 months
emergentgenomesmetagenomesynthesisderived
lter/lterwg-emergent-website
Feb 2020 - Nov 2022
Rmarkdown code and serves the static website for the LTER EMERGENT synthesis working group.
Contributions:10 PRs, 29 pushes, 7 comments in 2 years 8 months
emergentltersynthesisservesworking-group
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