Rob Harbert
Bioinformatics Scientist and Data Archaeologist | Computational Biology & Bioinformatics, Sequence Analysis, Antibody Discovery, Software Support, Quality Assurance
Research Expertise
Publications
Climate reconstruction analysis using coexistence likelihood estimation (CRACLE): A method for the estimation of climate using vegetation
American Journal of Botany / Aug 01, 2015
Harbert, R. S., & Nixon, K. C. (2015). Climate reconstruction analysis using coexistence likelihood estimation (CRACLE): A method for the estimation of climate using vegetation. American Journal of Botany, 102(8), 1277–1289. Portico. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1400500
Climate niche modeling in the perennial Glycine (Leguminosae) allopolyploid complex
American Journal of Botany / Apr 01, 2014
Harbert, R. S., Brown, A. H. D., & Doyle, J. J. (2014). Climate niche modeling in the perennial Glycine (Leguminosae) allopolyploid complex. American Journal of Botany, 101(4), 710–721. Portico. https://doi.org/10.3732/ajb.1300417
Four alleles of AtCESA3 form an allelic series with respect to root phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana
Physiologia Plantarum / Mar 14, 2012
Pysh, L., Alexander, N., Swatzyna, L., & Harbert, R. (2012). Four alleles of AtCESA3 form an allelic series with respect to root phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana. Physiologia Plantarum, 144(4), 369–381. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3054.2012.01575.x
Quantitative Late Quaternary Climate Reconstruction from Plant Macrofossil Communities in Western North America
Open Quaternary / Dec 19, 2018
Harbert, R. S., & Nixon, K. C. (2018). Quantitative Late Quaternary Climate Reconstruction from Plant Macrofossil Communities in Western North America. Open Quaternary, 4(1), 8. https://doi.org/10.5334/oq.46
Algorithms and strategies in short‐read shotgun metagenomic reconstruction of plant communities
Applications in Plant Sciences / Mar 01, 2018
Harbert, R. S. (2018). Algorithms and strategies in short‐read shotgun metagenomic reconstruction of plant communities. Applications in Plant Sciences, 6(3). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.1034
Rariglanda jerseyensis, a new ericalean fossil flower from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey
Botany / Sep 01, 2016
Martínez, C., Choo, T. Y. S., Allevato, D., Nixon, K. C., Crepet, W. L., Harbert, R. S., & Daghlian, C. P. (2016). Rariglanda jerseyensis, a new ericalean fossil flower from the Late Cretaceous of New Jersey. Botany, 94(9), 747–758. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2016-0062
cRacle: R Tools for Estimating Climate from Vegetation
May 17, 2019
Harbert, R. S., & Baryiames, A. A. (2019). cRacle: R Tools for Estimating Climate from Vegetation. https://doi.org/10.1101/641183
Spatial modeling could not differentiate early SARS-CoV-2 cases from the distribution of humans on the basis of climate in the United States
PeerJ / Oct 26, 2020
Harbert, R., Cunningham, S. W., & Tessler, M. (2020). Spatial modeling could not differentiate early SARS-CoV-2 cases from the distribution of humans on the basis of climate in the United States. PeerJ, 8, e10140. Portico. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10140
Aquatic eDNA sampling and plant community metabarcoding with portable Nanopore Flongle sequencing (v0.0.3) v3
Feb 28, 2020
Callahan, J., & Harbert, R. (2020). Aquatic eDNA sampling and plant community metabarcoding with portable Nanopore Flongle sequencing (v0.0.3) v3. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bc4wiyxe
Spatial modeling cannot currently differentiate SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and human distributions on the basis of climate in the United States
Apr 10, 2020
Harbert, R., Cunningham, S. W., & Tessler, M. (2020). Spatial modeling cannot currently differentiate SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and human distributions on the basis of climate in the United States. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.08.20057281
Paleo‐metagenomics of North American fossil packrat middens: Past biodiversity revealed by ancient DNA
Ecology and Evolution / Feb 20, 2020
Moore, G., Tessler, M., Cunningham, S. W., Betancourt, J., & Harbert, R. (2020). Paleo‐metagenomics of North American fossil packrat middens: Past biodiversity revealed by ancient DNA. Ecology and Evolution, 10(5), 2530–2544. Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6082
Aquatic eDNA sampling and plant community metabarcoding with portable Nanopore Flongle sequencing (v0.0.2) v2
Feb 11, 2020
Callahan, J., & Harbert, R. (2020). Aquatic eDNA sampling and plant community metabarcoding with portable Nanopore Flongle sequencing (v0.0.2) v2. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bce5itg6
Aquatic eDNA sampling and plant metabarcoding (v0.0.1) v1
Jan 28, 2020
Callahan, J., & Harbert, R. (2020). Aquatic eDNA sampling and plant metabarcoding (v0.0.1) v1. https://doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.bbv5in86
cR acle: R tools for estimating
climate from vegetation
Applications in Plant Sciences / Feb 01, 2020
Harbert, R. S., & Baryiames, A. A. (2020). <scp>cR</scp>acle: R tools for estimating climate from vegetation. Applications in Plant Sciences, 8(2). Portico. https://doi.org/10.1002/aps3.11322
Quantitative Late Quaternary climate reconstruction from plant macrofossil proxy in Western North America
Jun 07, 2018
Harbert, R. S., & Nixon, K. C. (2018). Quantitative Late Quaternary climate reconstruction from plant macrofossil proxy in Western North America. https://doi.org/10.1101/340208
Education
Cornell University
Ph.D., Plant Biology / June, 2016
Roanoke College
B.S. Biology, Biology / May, 2011
Experience
BioStat Solutions LLC
Sr. Specialist, Data Science / June, 2021 — June, 2022
Stonehill College
Assistant Professor / July, 2018 — Present
American Museum of Natural History
Gerstner Scholar in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics / July, 2016 — August, 2018
Bruker Cellular Analysis
Bioinformatics Scientist / June, 2022 — Present
Critical link between software development and customer support teams. Solve customer issues in bioinformatics pipeline application and data. Conducted root cause investigation and lead escalation team meetings to solve critical customer use issues in an NGS antibody discovery pipeline in 6 months.
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