Distinguished ProfessorMike Steel
International Student Co-ordinator
Jack Erskine 623
Phone: +6433692153
Internal Phone: 92153
Qualifications & Memberships
Research Interests
Research interests are applications of discrete mathematics (combinatorics, graph theory) and probability theory to contemporary problems in biology.
Recent Publications
- Herbst L., Li H. and Steel M. (2019) Quantifying the accuracy of ancestral state prediction in a phylogenetic tree under maximum parsimony.. J Math Biol http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00285-019-01330-x.
- Huber KT., Moulton V. and Steel M. (2019) Phylogenetic Flexibility via Hall-Type Inequalities and Submodularity.. Bull Math Biol 81(2): 598-617. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11538-018-0419-1.
- Bordewich M., Deutschmann IM., Fischer M., Kasbohm E., Semple C. and Steel M. (2018) On the information content of discrete phylogenetic characters.. J Math Biol 77(3): 527-544. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00285-017-1198-2.
- Francis A., Semple C. and Steel M. (2018) New characterisations of tree-based networks and proximity measures. Advances in Applied Mathematics 93: 93-107. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2017.08.003.
- Grunewald S., Huber KT., Moulton V. and Steel M. (2018) Combinatorial properties of triplet covers for binary trees. ADVANCES IN APPLIED MATHEMATICS 99: 59-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.aam.2018.04.002.