Tyler Barnum
Senior Scientist, Computational Biology
Berkeley, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTyler Barnum is a senior computational biologist with eight years of experience translating microbial genomics into actionable solutions for environmental and climate challenges. Based in Berkeley, he leads computational efforts at Cultivarium after progressing from hands-on roles at Trace Genomics and a PhD in Microbiology from UC Berkeley, where he combined sequencing-driven community analysis with laboratory manipulation. He specializes in building analysis platforms and pipelines that bridge wet-lab experiments and scalable bioinformatics, enabling product-focused insights from complex microbiomes. Known for working at the intersection of microbiology and software, he brings both rigorous academic training and startup delivery experience to tackle real-world agricultural and climate problems.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Microbiology, 4.0, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Microbiology, 4.0 at University of California, Berkeley, College of Natural ResourcesJohns Hopkins University
Github Skills (8)
genome7
genetic7
bioinformatics6
genomics6
metagenomics5
mobility5
coverage1
estimate1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
tylerbarnum/perchlorate-metagenome-2018
Jan 2018 - Mar 2019
Contributions:13 commits, 1 PR, 23 pushes in 1 year 3 months
genomemetagenomicsdiversitygeneticmobility
tylerbarnum/metagenomics-tutorials
Jun 2018 - Apr 2019
Contributions:6 commits, 2 PRs, 4 pushes in 9 months
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