Steven Solar, BS
Bioinformatics Scientist (alum)
steven.solar
nih.gov
Steven earned his B.S. from Johns Hopkins University with majors in Biomedical Engineering and Computer Science. Before starting at the NIH, he interned as a software engineer at Google and Tesla, worked to build a device for partial-thickness corneal transplants with Treyetech, and performed genomics research at JHU with Dr. Ben Langmead, investigating the use of lifting aligned reads from GRCh38 to CHM13 to predict alignment accuracy. He is excited to develop new tools and methods to improve assembly, sequence analysis, and all things genomics, and is drawn to the potential for patient impact of this work. He plans to pursue MD or MD/PhD programs after his time with the NHGRI.
Biobank-scale genotyping of Robertsonian translocations reveals hidden structural variation on the human acrocentric chromosomes
bioRxiv, March 10, 2026
Rhie A, Kim J, Rodriguez-Algarra F, Solar S, Koren S, Antipov D, Wilczewski CM, Maxwell GL, Gerton J, Paschall J, Potapova T, Wolfsberg TG, Singh S, del Castillo del Rio SO, Human Pangenome Reference Consortium, Turner C, Rakyan VK, Phillippy AM
Origin and evolution of acrocentric chromosomes in human and great apes
bioRxiv, December 23, 2025
Solar SJ, Hebbar P, Gomes de Lima L, Sweeten A, Rhie A, Potapova T, de Gennaro L, Guarracino A, Kim J, Pickett BD, Paten B, Wilson MA, Koren S, Garrison E, Eichler EE, Ventura M, Gerton JL, Phillippy AM
Complete genomes of a multi-generational pedigree to expand studies of genetic and epigenetic inheritance
bioRxiv, December 16, 2025
Chromosome-specific epigenetic control and transmission of ribosomal DNA arrays in Hominidae genomes
Cell Genomics, October 2, 2025
Potapova TA, Kostos P, McKinney S, Borchers M, Haug J, Guarracino A, Solar SJ, Mattingly M, Anez GM, de Lima LG, Wang Y, Zhao C, Hall K, Gogol M, Hoffman S, Antipov D, Rhie A, Cechova M, Miga KH, Garrison E, Phillippy AM, Gerton JL