Benjamin Langmead
researcher
Facts
13 properties- Instance of
- human
- Occupation
- bioinformatician
- Employer
- Johns Hopkins University[3]
- Field of work
- computational biology[2]
- Educated at
- Columbia University (1999–2003), University of Maryland[4][5]
- Award received
- Benjamin Franklin Award[8]
- Doctoral advisor
- Steven Salzberg[6]
- Imported from
- wholeness_audit_2026-05-02
- Social media followers
- 353 (352–4.6k, n=3)[12]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 12
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-2437-1976
- OpenAlex ID
- A5009556658, A5047760215, A5135299192as of 2026-09-23
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- Source
- OpenAlex
- Edition
- 20260923 · as of 2026-09-23
- Licence
- CC0 1.0 Universal
- Bronze
- not in the catalog
- Transform
- 4ort-mint · openalex:20260923 · version not recorded
- DBLP author ID
- 42/10531
- Google Knowledge Graph ID
- /g/11g6xgtzl1
- Google Scholar author ID
- 2JMaTKsAAAAJ
- Mastodon address
- benlangmead@genomic.social (2022–present)
- Mathematics Genealogy Project ID
- 164917
- Mendeley person ID
- ben-langmead
- ResearcherID
- C-1354-2009
- Scopus author ID
- 26324979600
- X (Twitter) username
- BenLangmead (2011–present)
📚 Sources · 1
📜 Data licence
Source: OpenAlex (openalex.org), snapshot of 2026-09-23. CC0 1.0 Universal. CC0 1.0 Universal · OpenAlex
🔗 Connections
Author of 15
ASCOT identifies key regulators of neuronal subtype-specific splicing,
Control-independent mosaic single nucleotide variant detection with DeepMosaic,
DandD: Efficient measurement of sequence growth and similarity,
Finding Maximal Exact Matches Using the r-Index,
Genomic sketching with multiplicities and locality-sensitive hashing using Dashing 2,
HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements,
Megadepth: efficient coverage quantification for BigWigs and BAMs,
MONI: A Pangenomic Index for Finding Maximal Exact Matches
+7 more
← Authored by 15
ASCOT identifies key regulators of neuronal subtype-specific splicing,
Control-independent mosaic single nucleotide variant detection with DeepMosaic,
DandD: Efficient measurement of sequence growth and similarity,
Finding Maximal Exact Matches Using the r-Index,
Genomic sketching with multiplicities and locality-sensitive hashing using Dashing 2,
HISAT: a fast spliced aligner with low memory requirements,
Megadepth: efficient coverage quantification for BigWigs and BAMs,
MONI: A Pangenomic Index for Finding Maximal Exact Matches
+7 more
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Summary
Benjamin Langmead worked as a bioinformatician[1].
Body
Education
Educated at Columbia University[4], a private university[13], in United States[14], founded in 1754[15], headquartered in Manhattan[16] and University of Maryland[5], a public research university[17], in United States[18], founded in 1858[19], headquartered in College Park[20].
FAQs
What did Benjamin Langmead do for work?
Benjamin Langmead worked as bioinformatician[1].
Where did Benjamin Langmead go to school?
Benjamin Langmead was educated at Columbia University[4] and University of Maryland[5].
What awards did Benjamin Langmead receive?
Honors received include Benjamin Franklin Award[8].