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Mareike Fischer

Mareike Fischer


Research Interests:

  • Phylogenetics, Combinatorics, Probability Theory, Population Genetics

Short Vita:

Education:

  • 2006 - 2009: PhD studies at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Supervisor: Prof. Mike Steel
  • 2007 - present: Studies of Economics at the Distance University in Hagen, Germany
  • 1999 - 2005: Studies of Mathematics, Computer Science and Philosophy at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 1990 - 1999: Mary Ward School in Mainz, Germany

Degrees:

  • 2009: Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics (PhD) at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand;
    Thesis: Novel Mathematical Aspects of Phylogenetic Estimation.
  • 2008: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Vordiplom (German pre-degree in Economics) at the Distance University in Hagen, Germany
  • 2005: Diplom-Mathematikerin (German Masters degree in Mathematics) at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 1999: Abitur (German A-Levels) at the Mary Ward School in Mainz, Germany

Awards:

  • 2009: Dean's List Award at the University of Canterbury
  • 2008: Aitken Prize awarded by the New Zealand Mathematical Society
  • 2008: Award for the best talk at the New Zealand Mathematics and Statistics Postgraduate Conference
  • 2007: Runner-up award in the scientific reportage competition of the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 2006: Admission as a scholarship holder of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, New Zealand
  • 2005: Runner-up award in the scientific reportage competition of the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany
  • 2000: Admission as a scholarship holder of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation)
  • 1999: Award for the best school report of the graduation class

Professional Experience:

  • 2009-present: Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)

Teaching Experience:

  • 2009-present: Lecturer for "Stats for VetMed students" and parts of the lecture series "Introduction to Bioinformatics"
  • 2007-2009:
    • Tutor for Stats111 and Stats112 at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
    • Tutor for physically challenged tertiary students, e.g. for Coding Theory, at the Disability Support Service, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  • 2000-2005: Tutor for highschool students at Studienkreis Nachhilfe and at the Heinrich Heine Boarding School in Kaiserslautern, Germany

Publications

2011
  • Fischer, M., Klaere, S., Nguyen M.A., von Haeseler, A. On the group theoretical background of assigning stepwise mutations onto phylogenies submitted to Algorithms for Molecular Biology, special issue on Phylogenetics (preliminary version: Arxiv: 1110.3943)
  • Fischer, M. Groves of phylogenetic trees. submitted to Annals of Combinatorics (preliminary version: Arxiv: 1104.2562)

2010
  • Fischer, M. Non-hereditary maximum parsimony trees. Journal of Mathematical Biology, in press (preliminary version: Arxiv: 1007.3964)

2009
  • Fischer, M. Novel Mathematical Aspects of Phylogenetic Estimation. PhD thesis in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics at the University of Canterbury. (University of Canterbury Research Repository).
  • Fischer, M., Thatte, B.D. Revisiting an equivalence between maximum parsimony and maximum likelihood methods in phylogenetics. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 72: 1, 208 - 220. (final version: DOI: 10.1007/s11538-009-9446-2, preliminary version: Arxiv: 0808.3609).
  • Fischer, M., Thatte, B.D. Maximum parsimony on subsets of taxa. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 260: 290 - 293. (final version: DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2009.06.010, preliminary version: Arxiv: 0809.3653).

2008
  • Fischer, M., Steel, M. Sequence length bounds for resolving a deep phylogenetic divergence. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 256: 247 - 252. (final version: DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.09.031, preliminary version: Arxiv: 0806.2500)
  • Bandelt, H.-J., Fischer, M. Perfectly misleading distances from ternary characters. Systematic Biology, 57: 4, 540 - 543. (DOI: 10.1080/10635150802203880)
  • Fischer, M., Steel, M. Expected anomalies in the fossil record. Evolutionary Bioinformatics Online, 4, 61 - 67. (PMID: 19204808)

Addresses

Mareike Fischer

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)
(CIBIV is a joint institute of Vienna University, and Medical University, Vienna, Austria)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
Campus Vienna Biocenter 5 (VBC5), Ebene 1, Room 1812.2
A-1030 Wien, Austria
Phone: ++43 +1 / 4277-24029
Fax: ++43 +1 / 4277-24098
Email: email@mareikefischer.de

Postal Address:

Center for Integrative Bioinformatics Vienna (CIBIV)
Max F. Perutz Laboratories (MFPL)
Dr. Bohr Gasse 9
A-1030 Wien, Austria



Mareike Fischer - Last Change: 17.Jan.2013 .