Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
Research interests are applications of discrete mathematics (combinatorics, graph theory) and probability theory to contemporary problems in biology.
Recent Publications
- Bai A., Erdős PL., Semple C. and Steel M. (2021) Defining phylogenetic networks using ancestral profiles. Mathematical Biosciences 332 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2021.108537.
- Francis A., Huson DH. and Steel M. (2021) Normalising phylogenetic networks.. Mol Phylogenet Evol 163: 107215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107215.
- Gabora L. and Steel M. (2021) An evolutionary process without variation and selection.. J R Soc Interface 18(180): 20210334. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2021.0334.
- Kauffman S. and Steel M. (2021) The expected number of viable autocatalytic sets in chemical reaction systems. Artificial Life 27(1): 1-14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/artl_a_00333.
- Steel M. (2021) Modelling aspects of consciousness: A topological perspective. Journal of Theoretical Biology 523 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2021.110713.