Richard Barker
Scientist at Collaborative Science Environment
Lafayette, Indiana, United States
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Top SchoolRichard Barker is a plant scientist and bioinformatics-savvy geneticist with 10+ years of experience dissecting root physiology, molecular genetics, confocal microscopy and RNAseq to translate fundamental discoveries into crop improvements. He combines academic pedigree (PhD research on GA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis) with applied space-biology projects, including NASA GeneLab and the science definition team for Purdue’s Lunar LEAF on Artemis 3. As a former genetic engineer and self-taught programmer, he builds data pipelines and contributes to spaceflight transcriptomics while leading data science efforts at YuriGravity and tooling work for GeneLab. He co-founded the Collaborative Science Environment to democratize research tools and has practical experience developing lab hardware and visualization products such as a 3D clinostat and FlashLapse. Based in Lafayette, Indiana, he blends hands-on bench skills with computational analysis to tackle biodiversity and yield challenges on existing agricultural land. Outside the lab he pursues Afro-Brazilian cultural connections through the global Capoeira community, reflecting a curiosity-driven approach to both science and life.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
University of Wisconsin-MadisonPhD (Laws trust scholarship), GA biosynthesis within the Arabidopsis Root, The University of Nottingham, Bioscience department, PhD (Laws trust scholarship), GA biosynthesis within the Arabidopsis Root, The University of Nottingham, Bioscience department at Rothamsted ResearchBSc (Hons), Plant Science, 1st Class, BSc (Hons), Plant Science, 1st Class at The University of Nottingham
Github Skills (10)
r-package7
image-analysis4
3d4
python3
robot3
bioinformatics3
metagenomics2
robotics2
aruco2
knowledge-graph1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
dr-richard-barker/NASA_GeneLab_MicroArray_Codes
Dec 2016 - Jul 2020
Contributions:45 commits, 2 PRs, 43 pushes in 3 years 7 months
r-packageplantwisconsinphysiological-datarstats
dr-richard-barker/B_rappa_LLGCSS
Feb 2025 - Jun 2026
This repo contains analyse code for B.rappa
Contributions:7 PRs, 115 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 4 months
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