Regular biography
Dr Michael Hendriksen is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Mathematics & Statistics at The University of New South Wales. He is affiliated with the Anita B. Lawrence Centre, Room 1050, and works within the Department of MATH. His research interests include mathematical biology, phylogenetic networks, and computational geometry. Dr Hendriksen has contributed to several publications in journals such as the Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, Discrete Applied Mathematics, and Computational Geometry Theory and Applications. His work explores topics like phylogenetic networks, consensus methods, and algorithmic problems in mathematics.
Scholar-generated biography
Michael Hendriksen is a researcher at the University of New South Wales with expertise in Phylogenetics, Graph Theory, and Group Theory. His work explores the mathematical foundations of phylogenetic networks, including the development of polynomial invariants and tree-metrizable HGT networks. He also investigates permutation representations of semidirect products of groups and contributes to the study of consensus methods and supertree techniques. Hendriksen's research includes applications in evolutionary biology, such as ancestral state reconstruction and the analysis of rare Australian pygmy grasshoppers. His publications highlight the intersection of algebraic structures and phylogenetic inference, emphasizing the role of graph theory in understanding evolutionary relationships.