Harold Garner
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Harold Ray Garner is a biophysicist with distinguished research careers both in plasma physics, in bioengineering and bioinformatics
. Dr. Garner was born in St. Louis, Mo. on February 5, 1954.
He received his BS in Nuclear Engineering
(minor in computer science) at the University of Missouri, Rolla in 1976 and a Ph.D. in plasma/high temperature matter physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
in 1982. He also holds an honorary professional engineering degree also from the University of Missouri, Rolla.
Before the academic segment of his career, he worked for 12 years at the major development laboratory General Atomics
in La Jolla, California, where he conducted experimental and theoretical research for the Department of Energy
at international fusion research facilities, principally in Japan (5 years) and the Soviet Union. In the last 6 years at General Atomics
, he was a founding member of The Institute for Development and Application of Advanced Technologies, an internal think tank group, where he developed artificial intelligence/expert systems, new particle accelerators, high temperature superconductors, stealth technologies and genomics software and instrumentation.
From 1994 to 2009, Skip held the P. O’B. Montgomery, M.D., Distinguished Chair, and was a Professor of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, a member of the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development (Human Genetics Center) and a founding member of the Division of Translational Research (DTR) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He was also the Program Chair of the Joint Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
and University of Texas at Arlington
.
In December, 2009, Dr. Garner moved to Virginia Tech and became the Executive Director of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
and a Professor of Biological Science, Computer Science and Medicine.
He sits on numerous corporate advisory boards and advises for numerous governmental agencies. He is also the founder of several biotech companies - Helix, BioAutomation, Light Biology now Nimblegen/Roche Nimblegen and HelioText. His lab focuses on research in these areas: 1) Applied computational biology and bioinformatics, 2) Medical Informatcs and 3) Genetics, genomics and proteomics research that capitalizes on our software findings. Additional information and our on-line computational resources can be found on the www at [1].
His team developed the ETBLAST
bibliographic search program, and he has published over 160 peer-reviewed journal papers and has made contributions to 10 books.
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
. Dr. Garner was born in St. Louis, Mo. on February 5, 1954.
He received his BS in Nuclear Engineering
Nuclear engineering
Nuclear engineering is the branch of engineering concerned with the application of the breakdown as well as the fusion of atomic nuclei and/or the application of other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics...
(minor in computer science) at the University of Missouri, Rolla in 1976 and a Ph.D. in plasma/high temperature matter physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...
in 1982. He also holds an honorary professional engineering degree also from the University of Missouri, Rolla.
Before the academic segment of his career, he worked for 12 years at the major development laboratory General Atomics
General Atomics
General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. General Atomics’ research into fission and fusion matured into competencies in related technologies, allowing the company to expand into other fields of research...
in La Jolla, California, where he conducted experimental and theoretical research for the Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
at international fusion research facilities, principally in Japan (5 years) and the Soviet Union. In the last 6 years at General Atomics
General Atomics
General Atomics is a nuclear physics and defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. General Atomics’ research into fission and fusion matured into competencies in related technologies, allowing the company to expand into other fields of research...
, he was a founding member of The Institute for Development and Application of Advanced Technologies, an internal think tank group, where he developed artificial intelligence/expert systems, new particle accelerators, high temperature superconductors, stealth technologies and genomics software and instrumentation.
From 1994 to 2009, Skip held the P. O’B. Montgomery, M.D., Distinguished Chair, and was a Professor of Biochemistry and Internal Medicine, a member of the McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development (Human Genetics Center) and a founding member of the Division of Translational Research (DTR) at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. He was also the Program Chair of the Joint Biomedical Engineering Graduate Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is one of the biomedical research institutions of the University of Texas System, incorporating three degree-granting institutions, four affiliated hospitals, including Parkland Memorial, the teaching hospital, and biomedical research...
and University of Texas at Arlington
University of Texas at Arlington
The University of Texas at Arlington is a public research university located in Arlington, Texas, United States. The campus is situated southwest of downtown Arlington, and is located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. The university was founded in 1895 and served primarily a military...
.
In December, 2009, Dr. Garner moved to Virginia Tech and became the Executive Director of the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
Virginia Bioinformatics Institute
The Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech is a bioinformatics, computational biology, and systems biology research facility that uses transdisciplinary approaches combining information technology, biology and medicine to interpret and apply vast amounts of biological data generated...
and a Professor of Biological Science, Computer Science and Medicine.
He sits on numerous corporate advisory boards and advises for numerous governmental agencies. He is also the founder of several biotech companies - Helix, BioAutomation, Light Biology now Nimblegen/Roche Nimblegen and HelioText. His lab focuses on research in these areas: 1) Applied computational biology and bioinformatics, 2) Medical Informatcs and 3) Genetics, genomics and proteomics research that capitalizes on our software findings. Additional information and our on-line computational resources can be found on the www at [1].
His team developed the ETBLAST
ETBLAST
eTBLAST is a free text similarity service search engine currently offering access to the MEDLINE database, the National Institutes of Health CRISP database, the Institute of Physics database, Wikipedia, arXiv, the NASA technical reports database, Virginia Tech class descriptions and a variety of...
bibliographic search program, and he has published over 160 peer-reviewed journal papers and has made contributions to 10 books.
External references
- Laboratory website.
- News item about their eTBLAST bibliographic search engine Science, 304, (5673) 14 May 2004,
- News item about an add-on to their eTBLAST program