Joe Felsenstein | |
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 Joe Felsenstein | |
| Born | Joseph Felsenstein May 9, 1942 |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Known for | PHYLIP Felsenstein's tree-pruning algorithm |
| Relatives | Lee Felsenstein (brother) |
| Awards | Sewall Wright Award (1993) Weldon Memorial Prize (2000) Darwin–Wallace Medal (2008) John J. Carty award (2009) International Prize for Biology (2013) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Systematics Phylogenetics Population genetics Phylogenetic comparative methods |
| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Thesis | Statistical Inference and the Estimation of Phylogenies (1968) |
| Doctoral advisor | Richard Lewontin[1] |
| Notable students | Fred W. Allendorf Michael Turelli Bruce Walsh |
| Website | www evolution |
Joseph "Joe" Felsenstein (born May 9, 1942[2]) is a Professor Emeritus in the Departments of Genome Sciences and Biology at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is best known for his work on phylogenetic inference, and is the author of Inferring Phylogenies, and principal author and distributor of the package of phylogenetic inference programs called PHYLIP. Closely related to his work on phylogenetic inference is his introduction of methods for making statistically independent comparisons using phylogenies.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ Joseph Felsenstein at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ "International Prize for biology | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science". www.jsps.go.jp. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
- ^ Felsenstein, J. (1985). "Phylogenies and the Comparative Method". The American Naturalist. 125: 1–2. doi:10.1086/284325. S2CID 9731499.
- ^ Joseph Felsenstein's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ Joseph Felsenstein publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Joseph Felsenstein publications indexed by Microsoft Academic