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Mike steel biomathematics
Michael A. Steel (born May 1960) is a New Zealand mathematician and statistician, a professor of mathematics and statistics and the director of the Biomathematics Research Centre at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. He is known for his research on modeling and reconstructing evolutionary trees.
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- Mike steel biomathematics
- Darwin s regret prof mike steel at centre for computational 2016 mini symposium
- Biography
- Awards and honors
- Selected publications
- References
Darwin s regret prof mike steel at centre for computational 2016 mini symposium
Biography
Steel studied at the University of Canterbury, earning a bachelor's degree in 1982, a masters in 1983, and a degree in journalism in 1985. He then moved to Massey University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1989. He joined the Canterbury faculty in 1994.
Awards and honors
Steel won the Hamilton Memorial Prize of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 1994; this prize is given annually to a New Zealand mathematician for work done within five years of a Ph.D.
In 1999 he won the research award of the New Zealand Mathematical Society "for his fundamental contributions to the mathematical understanding of phylogeny, demonstrating a capacity for hard creative work in combinatorics and statistics and an excellent understanding of the biological implications of his results."
He became a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2003.