Rob Bierman
Research Software Engineer II (Computational Biology Genomics)
Somerville, New Jersey, United States
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Top SchoolRob Bierman is a Research Software Engineer II specializing in computational biology and genomics with 11 years of experience translating next-generation sequencing challenges into robust methods and analysis pipelines. Currently in Dr. Josh Akey’s lab at Princeton, he combines deep wet-lab understanding from a PhD in Biochemistry with production-ready software skills honed during an extended graduate research tenure at Stanford. His work spans experimental technique development, NGS data analysis, and reproducible tooling—rooted in hands-on simulation and scripting experience dating back to undergraduate computational projects in molecular dynamics and microbial population modeling. Based in Somerville, NJ, he brings a rare mix of rigorous academic research and practical software engineering, often bridging algorithmic development with biological insight to improve genomics workflows.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Bachelor's degree, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Trinity UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biochemistry at Stanford UniversityGithub contributions (4)
rob-bierman/ScheduleGuru-Play
May 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:6 pushes, 1 branch in 5 days
zsolcher/ScheduleGuru-Scalatra
Apr 2015 - May 2015
Contributions:26 pushes, 1 branch in 25 days
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