2011

• Bayesian Methods, Stockholm University, Department of Mathematics, website
  Level: Course for students on Master level in Mathematical Statistics, Biostatistics or Statistics
  Involvement: Computational Methods and Computer Labs
  
  

2009

• Mastering Cyberspace: An introduction to practical computing, University of Auckland, Department of Computer Science, CompSci 111, website
  Level: Course for undergraduate students in all subjects
  Involvement: 50% of the lectures
  
  

Master Students:

Previous Master Students:

Previous Bachelor Students:

My research focus on theoretical aspects of molecular evolution.

• Graphical Models in Phylogenetics
  • Model representations
• Markov chain Monte Carlo in Phylogenetics
  • Tree Proposal Operators
  • Convergence Diagnostics
• Bayesian Inference in Phylogenetics
  • Prior Distributions on Trees
  • Birth-Death Process as Divergence Time Priors

2011

• Höhna S. and Sahlin K.:
  Burnin Estimation and Convergence Assessment,
  Submitted (November 2011)
  
  
• Ronquist F., Teslenko M., van der Mark P., Ayres D. L., Darling A., Höhna S., Larget B., Liu L., Suchard M. A. and Huelsenbeck J. P.:
  MrBayes 3.2: Efficient Bayesian MCMC Inference and Model Choice Across a Large Model Space,
  Submitted (August 2011)
  
  
• Alström P., Höhna S., Gelang M., Ericson P. and Olsson U.:
  Non-monophyly and intricate morphological evolution within the avian family Cettiidae revealed by multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset,
  Accepted (November 2011)
  
  
• Höhna S., Drummond A. J.:
  Guided Tree Topology Proposals for Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference,
  Systematic Biology, in press, doi:10.1093/sysbio/syr074
  
  
• Höhna S., Stadler T., Ronquist F., Britton T.:
  Inferring speciation and extinction rates under different sampling schemes,
  Molecular Biology and Evolution, 2011, 28(9): 2577-2589, doi:10.1093/molbev/msr095
  
  

2009

• Höhna S.:
  New Efficient Algorithm for Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo,
  Thesis for a Master of Science in Computer Science submitted to the University of Auckland, February 2009, PDF, Bibtex
  

2008

• Höhna S., Defoin-Platel M., Drummond A. J.:
  Clock-constrained Tree Proposal Operators in Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference,
  8th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, Athens, September 2008,  PDF, Bibtex

Oral Presentations

2011

• 13th Congress of the European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), Tübingen, August 2011: Fossil Calibrations, Slides
• RevBayes Workshop, Berkeley, August 2011: RevBayes Tutorial, Slides
• Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Symposium, Berkeley, August 2011: Birth-Death Processes and Priors on Trees and Divergence Times, Slides
• Evolution Meetings, Oklahoma, June 2011: Burnin Estimation and Convergence Assessment with RevBayes, Slides
• Stockholm-Uppsala Mathematical Statistics Symposium (StoUpp), Uppsala, May 2011: MCMC Output Analysis, Slides

2010

• Annual Meetings of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (IMS), Gothenburg, August 2010: Biases in Estimated Speciation and Extinction Rates in Phylogenetics Due to Sampling Strategies, Slides
• Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE), Lyon, July 2010: Probabilistic Graphical Model Representation in Phylogenetic Inference, Slides
• Evolution Meetings (Ernst Mayr Award Symposium), Portland, June 2010: Probabilistic Graphical Model Representation in Phylogenetic Inference, Slides
• Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, May 2010: Sampling Strategies in Phylogenetics and Biased Estimates of Speciation and Extinction Rates
• Workshop on Molecular Evolution, Cesky Krumlov, January 2010: RevBayes and Next Generation of Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Softare, Slides

2009

• Department of Mathematics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, April 2009: New Efficient Algorithm for Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo
• Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, March 2009: New Efficient Algorithm for Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference Using Markov Chain Monte Carlo

2008

• 8th IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering, Athens, October 2008: Clock-constrained Tree Proposal Operators in Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference
• New Zealand Computer Science Research Student Conference, Christchurch, March 2008: Clock-constrained Tree Proposal Operators in Bayesian Phylogenetic Inference

Poster Presentations

• ISMB/ECCB 2009, Stockholm, PDF
  

Here is a list of software for phylogenetics I developed or contributed to:

RevBayes

RevBayes provides an R-like environment for evolutionary analysis using Bayesian inference and graphical models.

MrBayes

MrBayes is a program for the Bayesian estimation of phylogeny.

BEAST

BEAST (Bayesian Evolutionary Analysis Sampling Trees)

• Faculty of Science Masters Award, University of Auckland, Auckland, 2008