Prof. Dr. Daniel Huson
Professor of Algorithms in Bioinformatics
Office
C310a, Sand 14, 72076 Tübingen
+49-7071-29-70450
daniel.huson@uni-tuebingen.de
Publications
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Office hours
Mondays, 17-18h (during teaching, confirm by email) (Oct 17: by appointment only)
Curriculum Vitae
2020-22
International Leader Fellowship
Royal Society of New Zealand
2015-2020
Visiting Professor
Life Sciences Institute of the National University of Singapore
2011-2015
Visiting Professor
SCELSE and School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Since 2002
Professor of Algorithms in Bioinformatics
University of Tübingen
1999-02
Senior staff scientist
Celera Genomics in Rockville, MD
1997-99
Post-doc in Applied Mathematics and Bioinformatics
Princeton University and the University of Pennsylvania
1997
Habilitation in Mathematics at Bielefeld University
1994-96
DFG "Habilitation" scholarship
1993-97
Various visiting positions
University of Canterbury and Massey University in New Zealand
1990-94
Various scientific positions
Bielefeld University
1990
PhD in Mathematics
Bielefeld University (Dr. math., summa cum laude)
1988-89
Visiting student
University of Washington, Seattle USA
1980-86
Studied mathematics and physics
Bielefeld University (Diploma, magna cum laude)
1971-80
Hauptschule and Gesamtschule
Bielefeld, Germany ("Abitur", best student of year)
Awards and Fellowships
| 2019-23 | Royal Society of New Zealand International Leader Catalyst Fellowship |
| 2017 | PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize Winner |
2016 | Technology Transfer Prize of the IHK Reutlingen |
| 2013 | Winner of the 2013 DTRA Algorithms Challenge |
| 2007 | Visiting Fellow of the Newton Institute (Cambridge University) |
| 2006 | Visiting Erskine Professor at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand |
| 1990 | Dissertation Prize of the westfälisch-lippische Universitätsgesellschaft |
Services
2006-Current | Program committee member of many different conferences, including GCB, RECOMB, WABI, AFBC, ISMB, RECOMG-CG |
Since 2012 | Member of the board of QBIC |
Since 2012 | Founding member of the board of Computomics |
2011-2021 | Member of Scientific Advisory Board of CeGaT |
Since 2011 | Faculty member of the International Max-Plank Research School (IMPRS) "From Molecules to Organisms" |
2011-2014 | Head of Department, Computer Science Department, University of Tübingen |
2010-2014 | Scientific Advisory Board of the Allan Wilson Centre for Molecular Ecology and Evolution |
2004-2008 | Scientific Advisory Board of the MPI for Developmental Biology |
2007 | Co-organizer Phylogenetics, Newton Institute, Cambridge, |
2003-2008 | Dean of Studies, Computer Science Department, University of Tübingen |