Joseph Felsenstein

Joe Felsenstein
Joe Felsenstein
Born
Joseph Felsenstein

(1942-05-09) May 9, 1942 (age 82)
Alma materUniversity of Chicago
Known forPHYLIP
Felsenstein's tree-pruning algorithm
RelativesLee Felsenstein (brother)
AwardsSewall Wright Award (1993)
Weldon Memorial Prize (2000)
Darwin–Wallace Medal (2008)
John J. Carty award (2009)
International Prize for Biology (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsSystematics
Phylogenetics
Population genetics
Phylogenetic comparative methods
InstitutionsUniversity of Washington
ThesisStatistical Inference and the Estimation of Phylogenies (1968)
Doctoral advisorRichard Lewontin[1]
Notable studentsFred W. Allendorf
Michael Turelli
Bruce Walsh
Websitewww.gs.washington.edu/faculty/felsenstein.htm
evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/felsenstein.html

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]

  1. ^ Joseph Felsenstein at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  2. ^ "International Prize for biology | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science". www.jsps.go.jp. Retrieved 2015-12-03.
  3. ^ Felsenstein, J. (1985). "Phylogenies and the Comparative Method". The American Naturalist. 125: 1–2. doi:10.1086/284325. S2CID 9731499.
  4. ^ Joseph Felsenstein's publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
  5. ^ Joseph Felsenstein publications indexed by Google Scholar
  6. ^ Joseph Felsenstein publications indexed by Microsoft Academic