Chris Harris

Chris Harris

Scientific Software Architect

National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)

Science Engagement & Workflows Dept.

Data & AI Services Group

Chris Harris is a scientific software architect in the Data and AI Services Group at NERSC. He develops software to support HPC applications and workflows, focusing on experimental data analysis. Before joining NERSC, he spent 11 years at Kitware, Inc. developing open-source software for science in a range of problem domains, from electron microscopy to climate science. He is an active member of several open-source communities, including being a lead developer of the Tomviz project. His passion is enabling open, reproducible science through the development of high-quality open source software.

Recent Publications

Streaming Large-Scale Microscopy Data to a Supercomputing Facility

Authors: Welborn, SS; Harris, C; Ribet, SM; Varnavides, G; Ophus, C; Enders, B

February 2025, Microscopy and Microanalysis


Real-time 3D analysis during electron tomography using tomviz

Authors: Schwartz, J; Harris, C; Pietryga, J; Zheng, H; Kumar, P; Visheratina, A

January 2022, Nature Communications


Real-time 3D analysis during electron tomography using tomviz

Authors: Schwartz, J; Harris, C; Pietryga, J; Zheng, H; Kumar, P; Visheratina, A

January 2022, Nature Communications


The Exascale Framework for High Fidelity coupled Simulations (EFFIS): Enabling whole device modeling in fusion science

Authors: Suchyta, E; Klasky, S; Podhorszki, N; Wolf, M; Adesoji, A; Chang, C

January 2022, The international journal of high performance computing applications


The Exascale Framework for High Fidelity coupled Simulations (EFFIS): Enabling whole device modeling in fusion science

Authors: Suchyta, E; Klasky, S; Podhorszki, N; Wolf, M; Adesoji, A; Chang, C

January 2022, The international journal of high performance computing applications


Open Chemistry, JupyterLab, REST, and quantum chemistry

Authors: Hanwell, MD; Harris, C; Genova, A; Haghighatlari, M; Khatib, ME; Avery, P

January 2021, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry


Open Chemistry, JupyterLab, REST, and quantum chemistry

Authors: Hanwell, MD; Harris, C; Genova, A; Haghighatlari, M; Khatib, ME; Avery, P

January 2021, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry


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