Michael Harvey
Assistant Professor at The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolMichael Harvey is an evolutionary biologist and assistant professor at The University of Texas at El Paso with 11 years of experience in genomics, bioinformatics, phylogenetics, and population genetics. He brings a strong quantitative toolkit for statistical modeling and large-scale data curation, honed through postdoctoral research at Michigan and Tennessee and a PhD from LSU. His work spans field research through computational analyses, mentoring students and building reproducible workflows that connect samples to insights. Based in El Paso, he combines classroom teaching with active research, often translating complex evolutionary questions into tractable genomic studies. A detail that sets him apart is his emphasis on end-to-end stewardship of both physical sample collections and the digital datasets they generate.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Biology, General, Bachelor's degree, Biology, General at Cornell UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology, General, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biology, General at Louisiana State University
Github Skills (8)
genetic7
simulation5
evolution2
taxonomy2
collections2
biodiversity-informatics1
collaboration1
database1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
mgharvey/tyranni
Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
Contributions:9 commits, 2 pushes in 5 months
mgharvey/mgharvey.github.io
Feb 2020 - Feb 2023
Website
Contributions:189 commits, 1 PR, 486 pushes in 3 years
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