Alexei completed his BSc (1996) and PhD in Bioinformatics (2002) at the University of Auckland. He then spent 3 years at the University of Oxford doing post-doctoral research in the Department of Statistics and the Department of Zoology before returning to the University of Auckland in 2005 to take up a Lecturership in Bioinformatics in the Department of Computer Science. Alexei’s research interests are centered around probabilistic models of molecular evolution and population genetics.
Employment history
- Feb 2009 – present, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland
- Feb 2007 – Jan 2009, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland
- Nov 2006 – Mar 2010, Director, Biomatters Ltd
- July 2005 – Sep 2008, Chief Scientist, Biomatters Ltd
- Jul 2005 – Jan 2007, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland
- Dec 2003 – Jun 2005, Postdoc, Evolutionary Biology Group, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- Jun 2002- Dec 2003, Postdoc, The Genome Analysis & Bioinformatics Group, Department of Statistics, University of Oxford
- Jun 2002- Dec 2003, Postdoc, Ancient Biomolecules Centre, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford
- Dec 1996 – Feb 1998, Software developer, Peace Software, Auckland, NZ
Education
- 2002, PhD in Bioinformatics, School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland
- 1996, BSc in Biology and Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland
Distinctions/Honours
- Research Medal, New Zealand Association of Scientists, 2011
- Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, Royal Society of New Zealand, 2010
- Hamilton Memorial Prize, Royal Society of New Zealand, 2007
- Best Doctoral Thesis, Faculty of Science, University of Auckland, 2002
- Society for Systematic Biology, Ernst Mayr Award, 2001
- New Zealand ACM Programming Competition Overall Champion, 1996