- Computational biology and bioinformatics
- Mathematical population genetics
- Algorithms, combinatorics, applied probability and statistics
- A partial list of current research projects:
- Approximate sampling formulas
- The coalescent with recombination
- Joint estimation of gene-conversion rates and mean conversion tract lengths
- Forensic DNA analysis
- Algorithms for next-generation sequencing
- Short-read assembly
- Multi-locus natural selection
- Linkage analysis and pedigrees
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