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Alexander Fisher

Assistant Professor of the Practice of Statistical Science
Statistical Science
214 Old Chemistry, Box 90251, Durham, NC 27708-0251
214 Old Chemistry, Box 90251, Durham, NC 27708-0251

Current Appointments & Affiliations


Assistant Professor of the Practice of Statistical Science · 2021 - Present Statistical Science, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

Recent Publications


Scalable Bayesian Divergence Time Estimation With Ratio Transformations.

Journal Article Systematic biology · November 2023 Divergence time estimation is crucial to provide temporal signals for dating biologically important events from species divergence to viral transmissions in space and time. With the advent of high-throughput sequencing, recent Bayesian phylogenetic studies ... Full text Cite

Shrinkage-based Random Local Clocks with Scalable Inference.

Journal Article Molecular biology and evolution · November 2023 Molecular clock models undergird modern methods of divergence-time estimation. Local clock models propose that the rate of molecular evolution is constant within phylogenetic subtrees. Current local clock inference procedures exhibit one or more weaknesses ... Full text Cite
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Education, Training & Certifications


University of California, Los Angeles · 2021 Ph.D.
University of California, Los Angeles · 2018 M.S.
Florida State University · 2016 B.S.